Conference presentation
Teacher knowledge insecurity contributes to Australia’s food insecurity
The Future of Food: Connecting the UN Sustainable Development Goals (Adelaide, 09/12/2019–11/12/2019)
11/12/2019
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Abstract
Food and Fibre Production are a recent introduction to the Australian curriculum with the draft Australian Curriculum: Technologies Learning Area only being endorsed in December of 2015. Prior to this, Australian children were only formally exposed to food production superficially through the odd agricultural technology class, or engagement in food preparation in technology classes. The development of an Australian Curriculum: Technologies has required teachers to develop student knowledge and understanding form the years of Foundation (or Prep) to Year 8. As this requirement is relatively new, the teaching of Food and Fibre Production (called Agriculture and Food Technology in NSW) undertaken by Technology teachers is done with minimal to no formal training in Agriculture, or Food production. As a result of the dearth of teacher expertise in this Learning Area, the potential of future Australians to better understand, know and possess the skills of Food production in this country is limited. It is hoped that a greater focus on Food production will be realised in initial teacher education programs for both Primary and Secondary teachers across the nation.
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- Title
- Teacher knowledge insecurity contributes to Australia’s food insecurity
- Creators
- Dave Ellis - Southern Cross University
- Conference
- The Future of Food: Connecting the UN Sustainable Development Goals (Adelaide, 09/12/2019–11/12/2019)
- Grant note
As an ECR, I received a bursary to present at the 2019 Future Earth Australia Early Career Researcher and Practitioner Event: The Future of Food: Connecting the UN Sustainable Development Goals
- Identifiers
- 991013287147202368
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Education
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Conference presentation