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An analysis of experiential learning opportunities in home economics education

Angus, Nicole Frances

Home Economics education, particularly in relation to Food and Nutrition education, provides many opportunities for students to engage in learning opportunities based on experience, often referred to as Experiential Learning. As methods of modern learning have changed, so has the modern learner. Research in many areas of education identifies that learning is best achieved through experience, particularly when students are able to engage personally with learned concepts and when they can practice them within their daily lives, both inside and outside of the classroom. Food and Nutrition education, as taught by home economics educators, lends itself greatly to providing students with opportunities for experiential learning. In 2013, The Ministry of Education Ontario released updated curriculum for their Home Economics courses (formally known in the province of Ontario as Family Studies), to encompass not only updated concepts of food and nutrition education, but also to offer greater opportunity for experiential learning to take place in the Family Studies classroom to meet the needs of modern day learning. This paper will examine the A framework for analysis based on experiential learning, as defined by David A. Kolb’s Theory of Experiential Learning, will provide educators with further understanding of what experiential learning is and an opportunity for them to become familiar with the experiential learning opportunities that are provided within the curriculum of food and nutrition education in Ontario.

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University of British Columbia. EDCP 590

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10.14288/1.0437703

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