The purpose of this study were to develop activity-based nutrition education textbook which practice it in discretionary activities for elementary school senior children and teaching manual based on analysis of the whole textbook of elementary school,...
The purpose of this study were to develop activity-based nutrition education textbook which practice it in discretionary activities for elementary school senior children and teaching manual based on analysis of the whole textbook of elementary school, and to analyze effect of nutrition education, and to investigate the needs of parents for children's nutrition education.
The results from this study were as follows.
1. According to analysis about dietary life in the whole textbook of elementary school ,the korean language(20.8%) included an highest ratio in educational contents about dietary life, the next was the courses of physical education and practical arts(18.1%, each). The educational contents about dietary life in the textbook were dealt with food information(20.8%), Health and Disease(15.3%), sound dietary habit(12.5%).
2. The developed textbook of nutrition education for discretionary activities consist of 6 chapter such as korean and foreign dinning cultures, dinning etiquette, nutrients and food tower, how to choose healthy food, personal hygiene and food poison, and children's nutrition problem. This six chapters were composed of 24 unit. The teaching manual consisted of the educational goal, background, teaching plan and effect-evaluation plan, and the notice point for the effective lesson. The teaching plan was made for 30 hours and consisted of various activities of which children's favorite activities such as cooking course, singing/making lyrics, games in nutrition, debate on dietary habit, and role play etc
3. Children who attended nutrition education answered 'interesting'(94.1%), 'understand easily'(97.1%) about the developed textbook. The most interesting subject was 'obesity', and the next were 'food poisoning' and 'kim-chi' using interesting method such as bacteriological examination and singing.
4. With regard to change in nutrition knowledge after education , the percentage of correct answers was increased in most of question except 'snack' and 'weight-control' , and the total score of nutrition knowledge was risen(p<0.01). The ratio of desirable snack time 'between lunch and supper' was higher after education(91.2%) than before(56.7%)(p<0.01). And after education, the percentage of snack place 'house' was improved(90.9%→97.1%). The choice of ' Fruit and vegetable' of which desirable snack food was increased(23.5%→47.1%), and the choice of 'bread' was decreased(17.6%→2.9%).
5. Parents answered that the most effective method of nutrition education was ' lesson by dietitian'(54.2%), 'indirect lesson by the teacher in charge'(20.8%), ' handout for education'(13.9%). The contents of nutrition education was 'the dietary problem of children'(31.8%), 'desirable table manners'(30.6%), ' how to choice of healthy food'(17.6%).
In the results of study, it was confirmed what the dietary habit was changed desirably after nutrition education. According to desirable change in dietary habit, it was convinced of importance of nutrition education in childhood which is not yet formed dietary habit. Dietary habit was formed by both systematic and repeatable education . So if it execute nutrition education system in elementary school, the desirable dietary habit of children will be formed efficiently.
As government intend to introduce dietitian-teacher in 2006, it have been developed textbook for nutrition education since 2004. If this program be apply to systematic nutrition education , it will be contribute to both formation of sound dietary habit and prevention of disease.
The recommendations from this study were as follows.
1. It is necessary to develop nutrition education program for early grades in elementary school because the desirable dietary habit isn't formed easily and interact with various factors.
2. It needs to establish administrative and financial system so that it is developed various media of which arouse children's curiosity and improve children's self-directed learning for nutrition education.
3. It needs to suggest that dietitian can execute nutrition education in current curriculum manual so that nutrition education relate to curriculum of elementary school such as discretionary activities and curricular club activities is revitalized actively.
4. It is necessary to develop program of nutrition education for parent for improvement effect of children's nutrition education, because parent's dietary habit influence on children.