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BES 518 - Nutrition Education

Graduate Education Institute · Nutrition and Dietetics · Master

ECTS: 7.5 T+P+L: 3+0+0 Departmental Elective
Coordinator: Doç. Dr. Serap ANDAÇ

Course Objective

To be able to communicate with the healthy and sick individuals in all age groups about nutrition, to develop their ability to do education, to use different educational materials and methods in these trainings and to evaluate their ability to make empathy.
 

Course Content

To be able to communicate with the healthy and sick individuals about nutrition and to improve their ability to do education, to use different educational materials and methods and to have empathy
 

Course Learning Outcomes

  1. Develop communication and empathy skills.
  2. Will be able to develop training planning skills for different age groups
  3. Will be able to discuss all methods and tools in nutrition education.
  4. Develop and apply appropriate nutrition education materials for the target group.
  5. Can explain the basic principles of nutrition education and behaviour change theories.

Core Area Distribution

(14) Teacher Training and Education Science%30 (72) Health%70

Teaching Methods

ExpressionQuestion-AnswerDiscussion

Assessment & Evaluation

Testing (Essay / Tests: True-Falls, multiple-choice, short answer, matching)

ECTS / Workload

ActivityQuantityDuration (h)Total Workload
Course Duration (Including Exam Week)16348
Out of Class Study Period16580
Midterm12020
Quiz21020
Assignment000
Practice000
Final12020

Course Schedule

WeekSubjectPreparation
1Definition of education, principles of educationCourse Notes
2Nutrition training requirementCourse Notes
3Training program preparationCourse Notes
4Training methods and toolsCourse Notes
5ContactCourse Notes
6Awareness and motivation improvementCourse Notes
7Developing the necessary characteristics of the dietitianCourse Notes
8MidtermMidterm
9Patient educationCourse Notes
10Healthy individual trainingCourse Notes
11Kitchen staff trainingCourse Notes
12Education of preschool and school childrenCourse Notes
13Examples of educationCourse Notes
14Book discussionCourse Notes
15Student presentationsCourse Notes
16Final ExamFinal Exam