Transformative food systems education in a land-grant college of agriculture: The importance of learner-centered inquiries

Agriculture and Human Values

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 129-142

  Galt, Ryan E ^a   Parr, Damian ^b   van Soelen Kim, Julia ^a   Beckett, Jessica ^c   Lickter, Maggie ^d   Ballard, Heidi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Lily Films   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Critically reflective research approach; Food systems; Pedagogy; Social constructivism; Student inquiry; Transformative learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874022470     PISSN: 0889048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10460-012-9384-8     Document Type: Article

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