Abstract
Teaching food and health may be challenging, especially in classrooms where young people from different cultures, ethnicities, and religions meet. This article explores teachers’ navigation of ethical complexities when teaching food and health in classrooms with immigrant students. Five didactical strategies were identified: (1) The educare strategy, (2) The tiptoeing strategy, (3) The collegial support strategy, (4) The intercultural strategy, and (5) The pluralistic strategy. These didactical strategies are embedded in various educational settings. Our results demonstrate that a further focus on ethical and intercultural competence should be carefully supported and implemented in teacher education and continual professional development programmes for teachers.
Document Type
Journal Article
Date of Publication
1-1-2025
Publication Title
Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
School
School of Education
RAS ID
88299
Funders
Vetenskapsrådet (2020-03309)
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Comments
Oljans, E., Quennerstedt, M., Barker, D., Caldeborg, A., & Varea, V. (2025). Navigating ethical complexities in health education: Exploring challenges in teaching food and health. Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/00313831.2025.2600948