Why Education Researchers Should Take School Food Seriously

Datos Bibliográficos

ID9735573
AutoresMarcus B Weaver-Hightower (0000-0002-1032-3757, autor de correspondencia)
Año2011
Volumen40
Número1
Páginas15-21
Fecha de publicación2011-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaEducational Researcher (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0013-189X • E-ISSN: 1935-102X
EditorialAmerican Educational Research Association (AERA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.3102/0013189x10397043
OpenAlexW2145055011
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas44
Referencias citadas20

Food and eating in schools have most often been thought of as utilitarian parts of the day, as distractions, and, for education researchers, as lacking incentives to study or even as objects of derision rather than serious concern. Yet there are good reasons why scholars of education should consider food and food practices. These include the confounding influences of school food’s impact on health and on academics, its effects on teaching and administration, the role schools play in teaching about food, implications for the environment and for other species, the large sums of money involved, the window that food provides into identity and culture, food’s influence on educational policy and politics, and the social justice concerns around food

Economics · Food studies · Identity (music · Incentive · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Sociology · Early Childhood Education and Development · Environmental Education and Sustainability · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet · Psychology