I have a lot of ideas of how to rework my projects in a few course to better emphasize learning global perspectives in a way that is authentic and interesting to the student. In one class we spend time researching and presenting on specific food items and their uses, I plan to adjust the topic to provide more emphasis on understanding how the item is used across various cultures and regions. Then, to pull in the UN Sustainability goals, I want to have the students research the environmental and economic impacts of some of our food items and foodways.
I have recently completed a Team Based Learning training that also has me thinking about how I can blend this course content with that training. In an advanced course I want to introduce a TBL project that presents the students with various ways to approach the problem of sustainability within our foodways. I think through group research and planning the students will have a stronger investment in learning the content and defending a solution they feel is personally realistic.
