Experiential Learning in Community Engagement

3 Hours

Implement hands-on community engagement activities, such as gardening, cooking, and nutrition lessons through the experiential learning laboratory within community/school settings to improve nutrition and health and decrease the incidence of chronic diseases. Apply the fundamental principles of nutrition through activities such as food gardening to planting to maintaining a school garden; work within school cultures/constraints to improve the school nutrition/gardening culture; apply effective communication, classroom management/engagement, and teaching skills in working with the public, community leaders, and administrators; and evaluate nutrition programs in schools. Five laboratory hours a week for one semester.