Family and Consumer Sciences 5155
Teaching and Marketing Nutrition
Fall 2008

Tentative Schedule

Date Topic/Assignments Text References
Sept 5 Issues of Nutrition Education
Nutrition Education Program Planning: An Overview
Assessing the Educational and Motivational Needs

Chapters 1, 2,& 7

Sept 6 Assessing the Needs: Marketing and Market Research
Goals and Objectives
Format and Teaching Strategies: Instructional Materials
Online Nutrition Education
Chapters 10, 15, 16, & 17
Sept 17 Nutrition Education Program Idea emailed to Dr. Burns
Sept 19 Examination 1
Objective worksheet review
Format and Teaching Strategies: Nutrition Education in the Lifecycle
Key Messages



pg 291-302 (lesson plans)
Sept 20 Designing the Lesson Plan
GEMS activity and discussion
Designing the Lesson Plan: Evaluation

Online Nutrition Education Showcase
Professional Communications
Chapter 14
Oct 1 Program Prospectus due
Oct 31 We will not meet as a class tonight!

 
Nov 1

Examination 2
Marketing Nutrition Contest
Ethics and the Dietetic Professional

Celebrating Diversity
Poster Presentation
Public Policy in Nutrition Education

Chapter 18

Melanie Tracy Burns, PhD, RD
School of Family and Consumer Sciences
Lumpkin College of Business and Applied Sciences
Eastern Illinois University

Last updated October 25, 2008.