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Building The Capacity Of Classroom Teachers As Extenders Of Nutrition Education Through Extension: Evaluating A Professional Development Model, Jessica D. Linnell, Sheri Zidenberg-Cherr, Rachel E. Scherr, Martin H. Smith
Building The Capacity Of Classroom Teachers As Extenders Of Nutrition Education Through Extension: Evaluating A Professional Development Model, Jessica D. Linnell, Sheri Zidenberg-Cherr, Rachel E. Scherr, Martin H. Smith
Journal of Human Sciences and Extension
Utilizing teachers as extenders may maximize the reach of Extension nutrition education programs; however, there is a need to identify effective professional development (PD) strategies to ensure quality implementation. Lesson study is a PD model that demonstrated improvements in school teachers’ self-efficacy and knowledge in various disciplines. In this study, fourth-grade teachers at two schools delivered nutrition education in their classrooms. Lesson study was examined to improve self-efficacy, content knowledge, and use of inquiry-based teaching strategies. While teachers at one school followed the lesson study model, teachers at the other school did not. Teachers reported time, resources, and funding were …
Incorporating Farmers’ Market Tours Into The Expanded Food And Nutrition Education Program: Best Practices And Lessons Learned, Annie Hardison-Moody, J. Dara Bloom, Lorelei Jones, Tony Benavente
Incorporating Farmers’ Market Tours Into The Expanded Food And Nutrition Education Program: Best Practices And Lessons Learned, Annie Hardison-Moody, J. Dara Bloom, Lorelei Jones, Tony Benavente
Journal of Human Sciences and Extension
Research indicates that low-income consumers are less likely to shop at farmers’ markets and that these individuals are often those with the lowest intake of fresh fruits and vegetables. This project aimed to improve familiarity with farmers’ markets among low-income consumers through guided tours of farmers’ markets, implemented as part of the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP). EFNEP Program Assistants (PAs) in five counties in North Carolina received training and partnered with a local Cooperative Extension agent to deliver a farmers’ market tour at the mid-point of a nine-lesson series on healthy eating. Forty-eight participants completed the series, …