Priorities for Polish teachers in addressing global sustainable food systems and global education issues at school.

1. Sustainable Food Systems and Global
Education:
priorities for teachers in addressing global
food issues at school
POLAND
Sylwia Ptasznik
Katarzyna Kuszneruk-Pajorska
Iwona Żelazny

2. Schools taking part in project:
2 primary schools,
3 secondary schools,
5 high schools
Cities: Warszawa, Kraków

3. The most relevant Global Education
topics related to the sustainable food
systems are:
● ways of food production (ecological vs
conventional)
● meat production and consumption
(influence on climate and natural
resources)
● importance of local food production and
consumption for development of rural
areas

4. The biggest challenges in primary and
secondary schools are:
● low awareness of food production
● to get pupils attention and interest
● to popularize food as a topic which is
worth of deeper reflexion
● to show in convincing way the bad
influence of junk food on health
● to implement interesting educational tools

5. The biggest challenges in high schools are:
● to popularize food as a topic which is
worth of deeper reflexion
● encouraging students to spread knowledge
taking from lessons in their family
surroundings
● interesting and comprehensive
presentation of interlinks between
different food issues
● tackling stereotypes (e.g youth is not
interested in food issues)

6. An example of Lesson Plans implemented:
(innovative features and lessons learnt)
● students from rural areas empowerment
● comprehensive perspective on environmental
and social aspects of food production and
consumption
● examples used in LP close to students’ daily
life
● mix of educational tools: films/animations,
discussions, role play, problems
deliberation, working on texts

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