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International Journal on New Trends in Education and Their Implications 2022, Vol. 13(1) 154-167

The Effectiveness of Taste as a Catalyst for Learning in Primary School

Jacob Højgaard Christensen, Mikkel Stovgaard, Karen Wistoft

pp. 154 - 167

Publish Date: July 31, 2022  |   Single/Total View: 0/0   |   Single/Total Download: 0/0


Abstract

This article presents the results of a survey study conducted among 409 students (2nd to 7th grade), who all participated in mathematics and language lessons based on a teaching material titled Subjects With Taste (SWT). The hypothesis behind developing the teaching material is that taste can be regarded as a fundamental sense that supports individual meaning making and learning processes. Hence, taste can be viewed as a catalyst for learning in a broad variety of schools subjects when incorporated appropriately. The purpose of this study is to investigate this hypothesis and to examine the effectiveness of SWT courses in primary school mathematics and language teaching. Cluster analysis is used to analyze the survey data and identify differences between groups of respondents. Overall, the results indicate that incorporating elements of taste into mathematics and language teaching can have positive effects on most students’ self-assessed learning outcome and learning prerequisites such as a high level of engagement and happiness and a low level of boredom. The group of students that is most challenged in relation to the randomly selected lessons is also the group of students that responds most positively to the SWT teaching. However, a quarter of the students who perform well in the randomly selected lessons respond negatively to the SWT teaching, especially compared to some of the other groups.

Keywords: Teaching, learning, taste, engagement, boredom, happiness


How to Cite this Article?

APA 7th edition
Christensen, J.H., Stovgaard, M., & Wistoft, Â. (2022). The Effectiveness of Taste as a Catalyst for Learning in Primary School. International Journal on New Trends in Education and Their Implications, 13(1), 154-167.

Harvard
Christensen, J., Stovgaard, M. and Wistoft, Â. (2022). The Effectiveness of Taste as a Catalyst for Learning in Primary School. International Journal on New Trends in Education and Their Implications, 13(1), pp. 154-167.

Chicago 16th edition
Christensen, Jacob Højgaard, Mikkel Stovgaard and  Karen Wistoft (2022). "The Effectiveness of Taste as a Catalyst for Learning in Primary School". International Journal on New Trends in Education and Their Implications 13 (1):154-167.