Multicultural Multilingual Multimedia Projects: Promoting Healthy Eating Habits Among Young Children

• In Event: Roundtable Session 14
  In Roundtable Session: Multicultural Perspectives in Early Childhood Education

Abstract

The Global Kitchen study promotes health education and 21st Century skills using educational technologies among 2nd and 3rd grade elementary classrooms; offers creative strategies for developing culturally and linguistically responsive Universal Design for Learning (UDL) curriculum while integrating global education and media literacy skills into the curriculum with limited resources; and, describes participants' reactions, discoveries, and experiences with new media. This participatory action research (PAR) project aims to advance scientific knowledge of transdisciplinary project-based curriculum revolving around global nutrition education as a means to promote healthy eating habits among young children in low income schools while developing media literacy skills and global competencies and providing the multilingual and multicultural projects for children ages 8-10 years about nutrition.

Authors

• Melda N. Yildiz, New York Institute of Technology

• Kristine Scharaldi

• Belinha De Abreu, Fairfield University