Food in Relation to Sustainable Development Expressed in Swedish Syllabuses of Home and Consumer Studies: At Present and Past

Emmalee Gisslevik, Inga Wernersson, Helena Ã…berg and Christel Larsson
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Emmalee Gisslevik: Emmalee Gisslevik, Department of Food and Nutrition and Sport Science, Faculty of Education, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. E-mail: emmalee.gisslevik@gu.se
Inga Wernersson: Inga Wernersson, Department of Social and Behavioural Studies, University West, Sweden. E-mail: inga.wernersson@hv.se
Helena Ã…berg: Helena Ã…berg, Department of Food and Nutrition and Sport Science, Faculty of Education, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. E-mail: helena.aberg@ped.gu.se
Christel Larsson: Christel Larsson, Department of Food and Nutrition and Sport Science, Faculty of Education, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. E-mail: christel.larsson@ped.gu.se

Journal of Education for Sustainable Development, 2016, vol. 10, issue 1, 68-87

Abstract: Little is known what the term sustainable development entails in relation to the school subject of home and consumer studies and the subject’s knowledge area of food. The aim is to illustrate how food is expressed in national syllabuses of home and consumer studies at present and in the past, and its operationalization into sustainable development. Using qualitative content analysis, the results show three themes: (a) maintenance of the family and household, (b) maintenance of the earth’s resources and (c) maintenance of the future generations. The first theme is characterized by concrete tangible judgements based on experiences of family members and is predominant in earlier syllabuses. The second and third themes are predominant in later syllabuses and show a movement into complex and abstract contemplations of global ecological, social and economic conditions for the purchase of food. The presentation of food in relation to sustainable development has changed over the years, consequently demonstrating the didactic challenge of home and consumer studies.

Keywords: Food consumption; home and consumer studies; home economics; sustainable development; syllabus (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1177/0973408215627402

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