Ethical Eats

Ethical Eats...

My Inquiry Beginning in June 2018 Is to work with Y13 students completing a Report about Ethical eating. My question is surrounding student agency;

Can students plan their own assignment? That is, direct the learning and achieve suitable results that also  assist them to attain literacy credits at Level 3.

Students will be presented with the Achievement standard -Home Economics 91468: Analyse a food related ethical dilemma for New Zealand society.

The requirement will be to write a report. The students are interested in the ideas  surrounding ethical seafood gathering.The completion of this report can be used as a submission for English formal writing task also.

Students in Previous years have not had the opportunity to complete this ASTD as the previous Y13 cohort were participating in Hospitality at Level 2 & 3 assessment based on Unit Standards Supplied by Service IQ Hospitality Domain.

Beginning the assignment....

Ethical Eats  

1.Research and present a report about ethical food choices;

Topics could include local or national issues relating to food. Please provide evidence of

your consultation with the local community to discover issues locally surrounding food

availability and ethical /sustainable practices.

Overfishing/harvesting of marine kai.

10:80 - effect on ‘hunted’ wild food sources.

Effluent runoff - effect on local waterways and potential

food havests.

Additives put in water supplies to make safe drinking water-

fluoride/chlorine.

2. Plan and prepare a meal to serve at a meal occasion. Ensure that the food that is served is ethically sourced. Present a meal to guests. Make a pop up restaurant and ‘cook up a storm’ making meal for this occasion with a theme. Prepare food and dishes utilizing local available foods. Present a plan for the management of scarce resources.

WEEK 1

15/6/2018

During the week I gave the Y13 students the assessment task and we had some discussion about topics that would be suitable for their Investigation and report. they are aware of the requirement to find a topic that has different stakeholders and opinions. All three students are interested in commercial fishing. We discuss referencing and the requirements for the researching. We also collaborate to make a planning doc that gives some guidance about checkpoints that will be in place to make sure that the students are completing. We make a google DOC and discuss the other commitments that the students have in term 2&3.

I have met with a colleague form another school and have some additional resources that I will use to assist the students to understand the idea- Ethical.

WEEK 2

22/06/18

During this week students have started a broad search for suitable references. They have recorded these as notes, and are feeling confident that they have a broad enough topic to find sufficient information. they have though of different viewpoints that are interesting and valid for them and the community. A good Start.

Week 3-4
Students have begun to plan and write a skeleton outline for their first draft. One student has had me view and suggest edits on a goggle DOC. The work is just a start point, as students have other commitments next term they are keen to get much of the background processes done. I am suggesting the alternative viewpoints and sources for information to assist. I am please that the students have a good sense of personal organisation for this process.

Week 4

Student feedback obtained at the end of term 2

Te Huia Derbyshire	6 Jul (3 days ago)
to me

This term went well. I don't think we to do anything else. I like the ethical foods and learnt alot about ethics around food choices. I liked planing a meal and can we do it around the end of the term next year. 

Kairo Kamlade	6 Jul (3 days ago)
to me

I don’t enjoy having all different year levels in the class and that we mainly did book work this term. But I know we will be doing practical next term so algood. 

I enjoyed the food that we have been cooking and that you let us choose what we want to cook now as well. 

Thanks for this term miss!! Have a good holiday. 

Phillipa Lambert	6 Jul (3 days ago)
to me

What I like about the last 2 terms: 

I really like that you try speak our reo as much as you can during class time and you have a really bright and bubbly personality which makes me want to come back to class all the time

What I'd like to do next:

What ever is upto to you because what you have set so far is good 

What needs to changed:

Nothing as we can manages ourselves most days 

Nga mihi,

Pinky