Creating a learning environment to promote food sustainability issues in primary schools? Staff perceptions of implementing the food for life partnership programme

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1128-1140

  Weitkamp, Emma ^a   Jones, Mat ^a   Salmon, Debra ^a   Kimberlee, Richard ^a   Orme, Judy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Education for sustainable development; Food; Mixed methods; Primary schools; Programme implementation

Indexed keywords

CURRICULUM; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; FOOD POLICY; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMAN RESOURCE; LEARNING; NUTRITION; PERCEPTION; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; PRIMARY EDUCATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84882731674     PISSN: 20711050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su5031128     Document Type: Article

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