My driving question has boiled down to "Is there a correlation between a student's nutrition and their learning process throughout the day?" My educational context begins internationally - How are high achieving countries feeding their students? I have menu's for school lunches in these countries that look nothing like our's here in America. In most of these countries food is prepared from fresh foods that are cleaned, prepared by a certified chief, and it is a concern of the school whether or not the kids are well fed. Then I move onto what other states are doing comparatively to California. I found that there is an alternative school in Wisconsin which has used nutrition to changed student behavior. After the menu was changed from the typical school lunches to salads, meats, whole grains, fresh fruits and vegetables they found that "Grades are up, truancy is no longer a problem, arguments are rare, and teachers are able to spend their time teaching." NVUSD is working toward improving lunches in schools which has bee wonderful, but is it enough? The food looks and tastes better, but is it fresh? Do we have a chief preparing it? If this saves us time in the classroom and if this is a basic, effortless intervention we could do then I cannot understand how it would be considered an "extra cost". IRB Draft
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There are multiple things I will “need to know” in order to address my driving question. One of which is different methods and theories that will help me bring physical education into the era of 21st century learning. How can I use technology to help my students access the information quickly and to also help them reach their fitness goals.
I would also like to gather some research that supports my secondary driving question “Is physical education and health science essential to our education system?” I need to know how PE and Health support the educational system. How they might help the brain. How might help our students take better care of themselves. Help them see the value of learning and growing as a person. Help them learn how to deal with their emotions. How might PE empower our students to become better learners. I will meausure my “need to knows” through my action research as a teacher as I improve my teaching and case studies. I can do this through cognitive tests and student achievements. |
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