Review of Research on Japanese Food Education Practices Related to School Lunches
— After the Shokuiku Basic Act
2020 Volume 71 Issue 9 Pages 574-588
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2020 Volume 71 Issue 9 Pages 574-588
To clarify future research issues, we reviewed research on food education practices related to school lunches.
The study was based on extracts from the Japanese databases CiNii and J-STAGE. A total of 259 academic papers published since 2005 were detected. Among them, 166 academic papers for elementary school students, junior high school students, and high school students were selected.
The papers were classified into three categories: educational practice related (37), research (101), and “other” (28). Educational practice studies accounted for only 13% of the total. In educational practice studies, such educational effects as raising interest and creating happy feelings through school lunches, and developing children's personalities were examined.
To discuss the future of educational activities through school lunches, more educational practice studies and detailed research studies are needed.
