Priorities for Cyprus teachers in addressing global food issues at school and pilot application of Global Learning Units

1. Sustainable Food Systems and
Global Education:
Priorities for Cyprus teachers in
addressing global food issues at school &
pilot application of Global Learning Units
Milano, 17 October 2015
Presentation by:
Dimitra Chatzistavrou-Chrysostomou
INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE WORKSHOP
FOR TEACHERS
INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE WORKSHOP
FOR TEACHERS

2. CONTRIBUTIONS
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 Andreou Giorgoula
Makedonitissa 2nd
Elementary School
 Chatzistavrou-Chrysostomou Dimitra
Agios Athanasios 2nd
Elementary School
 Constantinou-Shiambi Praxoula
Makedonitissa 1st
Elementary School
 Economidou Olga
Linopetra Elementary School
 Papaevripides Nicolaos
Agios Ioannis of Nicosia Elementary School

3. Overview
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 Educational priorities on global food issues at
school
 Actions & Certain activities (a selection)
 Main Challenges
 Pilot Application of a Learning Unit

4. EDUCATIONAL PRIORITIES
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 Creation of school gardens:
from planting to consuming vegetables
1. Take care of myself, the others, the environment: realise the
close relation between humans and nature
Makedonitissa 2nd
Elementary School (Class: 3B)

5. EDUCATIONAL PRIORITIES
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 Visit to smallholder
farms and organic farms
 Awareness-raising
educational programs,
e.g. "Olive, the treasure
of the earth”
 Invitation of
stakeholders from the
Ministry of Agriculture &
workshop for halloumi
production
2. Familiarize with local agriculture and local products and stress
the importance of preferring them over imported ones.
Linopetra Elementary School (Class: 4A)

6. EDUCATIONAL PRIORITIES
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 Fruit time: Daily fruit
consumption by
students and teachers
 Healthy Breakfast Day:
consumption of healthy
local products from the
school garden
3. Rational consumption and healthy eating habits
Makedonitissa 1st
Elementary School (Class: 6B)

7. EDUCATIONAL PRIORITIES
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 Targeted lessons in curricula,
e.g. Life Education
 Green Day or Action Day:
events, interactive
presentations and activities, in
some cases with the active
involvement of the parents’
associations
 Local initiatives in cooperation
with the municipalities
4. Foster knowledge in sustainable development, agriculture,
alternative food systems and global development.

8. EDUCATIONAL PRIORITIES
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 Initiative against food waste:
Weight of food in rubbish bins
& measures to reduce it
 Waste management programs,
e.g. paper, cooking oil, printer
inks, batteries
 Organic composting bins: the
fertilizer to be used for the
school garden (extension of
initiative at community level)
4. Cultivate attitudes to reduce food waste
Agios Athanasios 2nd
Elementary School

9. EDUCATIONAL PRIORITIES
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 Bring students in
contact with people
exercising
agriculture-related
professions
4. Reverse the negative perception of children regarding the
agriculture and farming professions
Agios Ioannis of Nicosia Elementary School

10. MAIN CHALLENGES
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 Involve students in sustainable
development discussion
 Engage in issues such as food
security, smallholder agriculture,
rational consumption and change attitudes
 Realize the interconnections and relevance to the
well-being of societies at local and global level.
 Limited time and learning units as part of curricula

11. EXAMPLE OF A LEARNING UNIT
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 Subject:
Introduction to food
 School:
Agios Athanasios 2nd
Elementary School
 Class: 6th
grade
(11-12 years old)

12. EXAMPLE OF A LEARNING UNIT
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 Objectives of Learning Unit:
 Define what is food and provide examples
 Indicate the key elements needed for the animals and
plants to survive and grow
 Explain the role of smallholder farming in food production
as a key factor to sustainable development
 Identify the importance of various substances used aimed
at increasing the production in agriculture and livestock
farming and assess the effects on human health and the
environment.

13. EXAMPLE OF A LEARNING UNIT
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 Learning Unit with
teaching material &
student worksheets
 PowerPoint
Presentation
 Video

14. EXAMPLE OF A LEARNING UNIT
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 Active participation of students

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Thank you for your attention!