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St. Lawrence’s Primary School, York
Laura Calsela and James Foster
‘Cooking Culture’
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Project Aims
To explore ways of motivating children who are disengaged from traditional education.
To design a series of lessons based around cooking and culture.
To work in partnership with local businesses.To develop practical teaching skills to
compliment our degree.
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The Project
Year 6 class - 30 pupils.5 lessons - small groups.Individual aims for each lesson. Ending with ‘Come Dine With Me’-style event
at York College.
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‘Come Dine With Me’ at York College4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvXZ-PO6hxE
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What We Learnt
The importance of group and collaborative learning and partnerships.
Top-down model - teacher imparts wisdom to students vs. teacher and students learning together.
Evaluation - continuous assessment of the project.
Risk-assessment.Post-university?
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What We Learnt
It’s not a script! Lesson Plans.Knowledge (facts, figures etc.) vs. self-
motivation, engagement, interest and application.
Post-university - primary education?Opportunity - probably wouldn’t have done
this otherwise.
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The Project and Our Degree
BA Language and Literature in Education.Modules - ‘Informal Contexts of Education’
‘Alternative Forms of Education’.From course handbook: “Encourage students
to reflect critically on the aims and values of education in society”.
