Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/2923
Title: Health promoting schools: integrated practices to develop critical thinking and healthy lifestyles through farming, growing and healthy eating
Contributor(s): Lakin, Liz (author); Littledyke, Michael  (author)
Publication Date: 2008
DOI: 10.1111/j.1470-6431.2007.00658.x
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/2923
Abstract: This paper reports on two case study examples of schools identified from Gloucestershire primary schools as showing particularly good practice in developing the concept of a Health Promoting School. The schools were selected from research projects linked to the Growing Schools programme for promoting children's understanding of food production and consumption, and the Gloucestershire Food Strategy for promoting healthy eating patterns in school children. Examples of curriculum development and associated pedagogy, school organization for democratic involvement of all its participants, and practical changes in the provision of eating choices are presented. These illustrate how integration of critical thinking and changes to the schools' provision of choices for healthy eating patterns can influence children's understanding and behaviour towards diet and health. The key factors that influenced such changes in the schools are identified as: clear leadership with vision from the head teacher, community involvement, ownership of processes of change by all participants, critical thinking as a focus for processes of learning; integrated practice to link experience and understanding, and the school acting as a model for good practice in health and environmental matters.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Source of Publication: International Journal of Consumer Studies, 32(3), p. 253-259
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Place of Publication: United Kingdom
ISSN: 1470-6423
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 139999 Education not elsewhere classified
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 939999 Education and Training not elsewhere classified
Peer Reviewed: Yes
HERDC Category Description: C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal
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