We cordially invite you to participate with a paper presentation within the below specific conference track: ‘Agriculture and Consumer Literacy’. The track will be carried out online during the 2023 MakeLearn conference.
Session chair will be Dr. Mathew Baker – Professor and Head, Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communications, Texas A&M University, USA
Vice session chair: Dr. Tzong-Ru Lee – Professor, Department of Marketing, National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan
Vice session chair: Dr. Melissa Welsh – Assistant Clinical Professor, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Maryland, USA
TRACK J: AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER LITERACY
Historically, much of the Agricultural Literacy programming has targeted early elementary youth with a focus on where food is grown, how food is grown, and what major food groups are included in a particular ready-to-eat food product (i.e., pizzas or hamburgers). To date, there is very little evidence that short instructional units change human behaviour in adulthood. Hence, a more intentional and longer- term curriculum is needed to improve our societal condition where unhealthy lifestyles, particularly low- quality diets, improper management of post-pandemic stress, and poor exercise regimes are affecting human longevity.
Thus, there is a need to include a consumer knowledge component in the agriculture literacy movement to emphasize the importance of diet, stress management, and exercise throughout early adulthood. This panel will consist of international experts to discuss the knowledge objects that a comprehensive Agricultural and Consumer Literacy program should include
We welcome scholars to submit their papers that relate to agriculture to the MakeLearn & TIIM 2023 in the ‘Agriculture and Consumer Literacy’ track.
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