Keren Dalyot, EIT Food FoodEducators, Israel and Fabienne Ruault, EIT Food FoodEducators, Belgium
FoodEducators: Developing a glocal European food education programme
FoodEducators, a European project, offers culturally relevant food education resources. Acknowledging the local and personal nature of food practices, we aimed to blend global sustainability with students’ identities. Our framework, centered on food as a socio-scientific issue, integrates multidisciplinary aspects of food science to make learning relevant. We seek to complement our work with existing resources and projects. In our session, stakeholders will co-create a glocal educational activity based on videos showcasing agrifood professionals’ daily lives. Emphasis will be placed on developing critical thinking, media literacy, and science communication skills, often overlooked in traditional science education. These skills are crucial in evaluating diverse messages and effectively communicating scientific knowledge to varied audiences.