商品簡介
Arguing that educators should take school food seriously, this work describes innovative school food programs around the world, from Vermont to Tanzania. The contributors are school food reformers representing a range of national contexts, professions, and political stances. The international world of school food politics that they describe is inhabited by anti-hunger and anti-obesity advocates, animal liberationists, organic farmers, food manufacturing corporations, and government and nongovernmental organizations. The book goes beyond politics and examines factors such as family dynamics, technological advances, and religious and cultural aspects of school food issues. It also explores local contexts and the roles of parents, activists, teachers, and youth in reform. An appendix gathers curricula, policies, and recipes. Robert teaches education at the University of Buffalo. Weaver-Hightower teaches education at the University of North Carolina. Annotation c2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
作者簡介
Sarah A. Robert is Assistant Professor at the University at Buffalo’s Graduate School of Education. Her research and teaching explores the politics of education reform, particularly as it relates to teachers’ work, social education, and gender equity. She has published related articles and book chapters in Argentina, Brazil, and the United States.
Marcus B. Weaver-Hightower is Associate Professor of Educational Foundations and Research at the University of North Dakota. He is the author of The Politics of Policy in Boys’ Education: Getting Boys ?Right? (2008) and co-editor, with Wayne Martino and Michael Kehler, of The Problem with Boys’ Education: Beyond the Backlash (2009), as well as numerous journal articles. His research interests include food politics, gender and education, educational policy, and the politics and sociology of education.
