Dietary Intervention through Flipped Learning as a Techno Pedagogy for the Promotion of Healthy Eating in Secondary Education

Juan Antonio López Núñez, Jesús López-Belmonte, Antonio-José Moreno-Guerrero and José Antonio Marín-Marín
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Juan Antonio López Núñez: Department of Didactics and School Organization, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain
Jesús López-Belmonte: Department of Didactics and School Organization, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain
Antonio-José Moreno-Guerrero: Department of Didactics and School Organization, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain
José Antonio Marín-Marín: Department of Didactics and School Organization, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 9, 1-16

Abstract: Technological progress in the educational field has led to the application of active and innovative teaching methods, such as flipped learning, including in the field of dietary education. This is considered a mixed formative approach that combines face-to-face and outside the classroom education. The objective of this research was to analyze the effectiveness of flipped learning methodology on a traditional training practice in dietary training, both in the sixth grade of primary education and in the fourth level of secondary education. A quasi-experimental design was adopted with two experimental groups, two control groups and only posttest. The final sample was composed of 115 students divided into four groups, two of each educational stage mentioned. A didactic unit consisting of six sessions in all groups was applied. Two different training methodologies were followed according to the nature of the group (control-traditional; experimental-flipped learning). The results reveal that flipped learning is effective both in primary education and in secondary education, being more influential in student development in this last stage. It is concluded that the flipped learning approach has meant an improvement of the academic indicators evaluated after a diet education program.

Keywords: dietetic; education research; educational innovation; educational technology; teaching; flipped learning; methodological contrast (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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