BEd in Pre-Primary Education / Бакалавр педагогики в Области Дошкольного Образования

Course Details

Course Information Package

Course Unit TitleNUTRITION
Course Unit CodeHED201
Course Unit Details
Number of ECTS credits allocated4
Learning Outcomes of the course unitBy the end of the course, the students should be able to:
  1. Explain the terms: nutrients, nutrition, nutritional needs and balanced nutrition and describe the characteristics and functions of all nutrients.
  2. Explain how nutrition contributes to physical and mental development and health maintenance and describe the consequences of lack of nutrients on a person’s health.
  3. Describe and analyse the effects of bad nutritional habits on the individual’s health and well-being (obesity, anaemia, high cholesterol, high blood pressure) and advice for the adoption of healthy eating habits.
  4. Apply knowledge and skills for choosing healthy eating habits that contribute to health maintenance.
  5. Evaluate different foods and recognise substances that are harmful to healthy development and health maintenance (food colourings, additives, excessive sugar) and offer advice for the avoidance of such substances.
  6. Develop lesson plans and programmes for nutrition and consumer education in the school and include: objectives, methodology, content, teaching aids, and evaluation.
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
PrerequisitesNONECo-requisitesNONE
Recommended optional program componentsNONE
Course Contents

·      Introduction to Nutrition: Nutrients, nutrition, nutritional needs and balanced nutrition.

·      Proteins: Characteristics and functions of proteins, their basic sources and the amounts needed for different age groups. Health problems that appear due to lack/ excessive dietary protein. Type of nutrition that contributes to physical and mental development of the baby and child (i.e. animal protein of high biological value: milk, eggs, fish, and meat).

·      Carbohydrates: Characteristics, different types and functions of carbohydrates. Effects of excessive use of refined carbohydrates (i.e. tooth decay, obesity).  Sources and functions of fibre and effects of its luck in the diet (i.e. constipation, haemorrhoids). 

·      Fats: Characteristics, different types (saturated, unsaturated and polyunsaturated) and functions of fats. Effects of excessive fat dietary (i.e. high cholesterol, high blood pressure, predisposition to heart disease).  Balanced diet in relation to fats.

·      Minerals: The role of minerals (i.e. calcium, phosphorus, iron), on the individual’s growth, development and health maintenance. Best sources of minerals and traces. Health consequences of lack of foods rich in minerals such as iron and calcium and phosphorus (i.e. anaemia, rickets, osteoporosis).

·      Vitamins: The role of vitamins- fat soluble vitamins (ADEK) and  water soluble vitamins (B Complex, C and P)- on the individual’s growth, development and health maintenance. Sources of vitamins, their functions and effects of their deficiency.  Ways of safeguarding water soluble vitamins in diet (i.e. cooking / preserving fresh fruit and vegetable).   

·      Healthy eating Habits: Effects of bad nutritional habits on the individual’s health and wellbeing (obesity, anaemia, high cholesterol, high blood pressure).  Ways of helping school children to adopt healthy eating habits.

·      Food Hygiene: Consequences of bad hygiene of foods (i.e. food poisoning).  Different substances that are harmful to healthy development and health maintenance (food colourings, additives, excessive sugar) and their avoidance.

·      Child Nutrition: Evaluation of nutritional value of different foods.  Most appropriate foods for the child’s nutritional needs.

·      Nutrition Education in the School: Development of lesson plans and educational programmes for nutrition education in the school. 

Recommended and/or required reading:
Textbooks
  • Lecturer’s Notes
  • Κατσιλάμπρος Ν. (2005). Κλινική Διατροφή. Αθήνα: Εκδόσεις Βήτα
References
  • Liakos, Evers, C. (2005). How to teach Nutrition to kids. Amazon.com
  • Υπηρεσία Ανάπτυξης Προγραμμάτων (2007). Αναλυτικά Προγράμματα Δημοτικής Εκπαίδευσης – Στα πλαίσια της Εννιάχρονης Εκπαίδευσης. Λευκωσία: Υπουργείο Παιδείας και Πολιτισμού Κύπρου Τμήμα Δημοτικής Εκπαίδευσης, Υπηρεσία Ανάπτυξης Προγραμμάτων.
  • Υπουργείο Παιδείας και Πολιτισμού, Παιδαγωγικό Ινστιτούτο, Υπηρεσία Ανάπτυξης Προγραμμάτων. (2010). Προγράμματα Σπουδών Αγωγής Υγείας. Λευκωσία: Υπουργείο Παιδείας και Πολιτισμού.
  • Αποστολίδου Μ. και Ευσταθίου Α. (2010) Προγράμματα και Πολιτικές για τη Διατροφή και η συνεισφορά τους στην Προαγωγή Υγείας. (Κεφάλαιο 9, στο βιβλίο των Scriven, A. Kouta, Ch. Papadopoulos, I.) Προαγωγή Υγείας για Επαγγελματίες Υγείας. Αθήνα. Εκδόσεις Χ.Π. Πασχαλίδης.
  • Dall’ Anese, Ε. (1993). Υγιεινή Διατροφή του Παιδιού: Τα 6 πρώτα χρόνια. Αθήνα: Παπαδόπουλος.
  • Ινστιτούτο Κοινωνικής και Προληπτικής Διατροφής (2006). Η Διατροφή του Παιδιού. Διαθέσιμο από: http://www.mednet.gr/agogi/nutrtio/htm
  • Κουρίδης, Γ., Τορναρίτης, Μ., Κουρίδης, Χ., Σάββας, Σ., Χ¨ Γεωργίου, Χ. & Σιαμούνκη, Μ. (2000). Η παχυσαρκία σε παιδιά 11-12 ετών στην Κύπρο. Σημαντική αύξηση τα τελευταία 8 χρόνια. Παιδιατρική. Tεύχος 63:2, σελ. 137 –144. Διαθέσιμο από: http://www.e- child.gr/
  • Παπαλαμπριανού Ρ. & Λ. Αναστασιάδης (1993).Σωστή Διατροφή & Υγεία. Λευκωσία. Τυπογραφεία Βιολάρη ΛΤΔ.
  • Παπανικολάου, Ν. (1988). Σύγχρονη Διατροφή και Διαιτολογία. Αθήνα.
Planned learning activities and teaching methodsThe course is delivered to the students by means of lectures, which are aided by power point presentations, classroom discussions and group work. Lecture notes and presentations are available for students to use in combination with the textbooks.
Assessment methods and criteria
Presentation10%
Tests10%
Assignments15%
Group work participation5%
Final Exam60%
Language of instructionEnglish
Work placement(s)NO

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