A study on introduction and effectiveness of "genes and food" teaching materials from the point of view of consumer education in high school home economics department

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26350046
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Home economics/Human life
• Research Institution: Tottori University
• Principal Investigator: UETA ETSUKO 鳥取大学, 医学部, 講師 (40335526)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 消費者教育 / 食の安全 / 遺伝子

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We conducted a survey on food safety to high school home economics teachers and developed experimental teaching materials on "food safety" and "genes and food" based on the results. We conducted classes with experimental teaching materials and developed a learning program aimed to improve eating habits by deepening the understanding of food safety from the viewpoint of consumer education. As a result of practicing in the subject of "basic home economics ", it was easier to understand the relationship between food and living things in the lesson where the DNA extraction experiment of food was conducted. It was found that it can also be applied to classes of genetically modified foods.

Free Research Field

家政教育