This Assessment Task relates to the following Learning Outcomes:
Understand how the everyday activities of cooking and eating are interwtwined with broader cultural, political and economic issues
Gain insight into the ways in which the analaysis of food and eating taps into more general sociological concerns incuding: self and the family; mulitcuoturalism and national idenitity; gender and class; contemporary social movements; moral economies and consumption practices of everyday life
Understand and critically analyse key debates around food security and ecological sustainability in the contemporary context from the perspective of both producers and consumers of food
Apply and adapt sociological knowlege to real world issus
Enhance their communication and interpersonal skills through oral discussion and written work that focuses on articulating knowledge and transformation in a clear and concise fashion
Develop problem-solving skills through this units focus on applying and adapting sociological knowledge to real world problems
Reinforce critical analysis and crestive thinking skills through research assignments, class projects and papers