"Vegan Teachers Make Students Feel Really Bad": Is Teaching Sustainable Nutrition Indoctrinating?

ABSTRACT: The transformation toward more sustainable food choices may be supported by an education for sustainable nutrition. In schools, biology teachers play a key role in educating students as sustainability change makers, as biology lessons provide various opportunities to deal with ESD-topics such as sustainable nutrition. Teachers' classroom practices may be influenced by their personal choices regarding sustainable nutrition. Additionally, students may see their teachers as role models for sustainable behavior. This presents the risk of students adopting teachers' beliefs and behaviors without reflection. Teaching sustainable nutrition is therefore in potential conflict with indoctrinating young people toward sustainable diets. To date, no studies have addressed the perceived risk of indoctri

SUBMITTER: Weber A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8954596 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature