This study surveyed on the nutrition education at elementary schools. A total of 155 elementary schools operating school lunch program in Seoul area were surveyed for this study. The survey was conducted for 4 months from Sept. 1 to Dec. 21 by prepare...
This study surveyed on the nutrition education at elementary schools. A total of 155 elementary schools operating school lunch program in Seoul area were surveyed for this study. The survey was conducted for 4 months from Sept. 1 to Dec. 21 by prepared questionaire. The results of this study were as follows :
1) The schools conducting nutrition education were 91.0%. The frequency of nutrition eudcation was 1 or 2 times per a year in 13.2% of the schools, 1 or 2 times per a month in 74.3%, 1 or 2 times per a week in 9.6%, and every day education in only 2.9%. The nutrition education provided for parents, cooks, and teachers was 39.6%, 54.4%, and 20.1% respectively.
2) As to the teaching methods : direct education was 13.6%, indirect education was 29.7%. education through broadcasting was 13.6%, education by correspondence was 89%, field education was 49%, education through VTR was 23.3%. 84.6% of dietitians think that direct education is the most effective. 10.7% of dietitians think that field education is the most effective and only 2% of the dietitians think that education by correspondence is the most effective.
3) As to the contents of education: the education for balanced food habits was 80.7%, the education for the necessity of school lunch program was 75.7%, the education for nutrition knowledge was 75%, the education for sanitation was 72.1%, the education for the criteria and constitution of food for good health was 66.4%, the education for diet theraphy was 39.3% and the education for menu planning was 21.4%.
4) The answers for the question asking what were the teaching media most used were VTR (26.3%), poster(23.0%), pamplet(23%), chart(21.1%), pictures(16.4%), food model(I1.8%), leaflet(S.6%), flannel graph(5.9%), newspaper(5.9%), slide(2.0%), puppet play(1.3%). They answered about the maker of the media that The Korean Dietetic Association was 53.8%. their own made media was 22.1%. The City Education Hall was 11.5%, the Rural Development Administration was 6.7%, the Ministry of Education was 5.8%.
5) The schools which have educational objects for nutrition education were 21.8%, the schools which have curriculums for nutrition education were 22.5%, the schools which plan annual education programs were 42.7%, the schools which evaluate the effectiveness of education were only 3.6%. As to the satisfaction on the nutrition education of themselves: more than half of them(56.3%) were not satisfied with the nutrition education. The main reasons for dissatisfaction were a lack of systematic education system(33.6%), a lack of textbooks or teaching media(24.3%), and a lack of teaching time(24.3%).