School meal time and social learning in England

This paper presents an ethnographic account of the culture of school meal time at Peartree Academy, with a specific focus on notions of social learning. This qualitative study is focused on a collection of interviews, observations, field notes and analyses what happens when the school organises its...

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Published in:Cambridge journal of education 2020-01, Vol.50 (1), p.57-75
Main Author: Lalli, Gurpinder Singh
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Clubs
control
Dining Facilities
Eating Habits
Educational Environment
educational ethnography
Educational Philosophy
Elementary Secondary Education
Ethnography
Foreign Countries
Interpersonal Competence
Learning
Learning Processes
Moral Development
Nutrition
Qualitative research
Restaurants
School lunches
School meals
Skills
Social & emotional learning
Social Development
Social learning
Social reproduction
Social skills
Socialization
Urban Schools
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Summary:This paper presents an ethnographic account of the culture of school meal time at Peartree Academy, with a specific focus on notions of social learning. This qualitative study is focused on a collection of interviews, observations, field notes and analyses what happens when the school organises its canteen as a restaurant. The focus moves away from the traditional realms of nutrition and explicitly introduces the notion of social learning in its informal sense through which a conceptual framework of a skills model is applied. The paper argues how the school dining hall known as the restaurant can foster opportunities for a form of social competence which is not necessarily seen but can be experienced in the social reproduction of its actors. The findings highlight tensions of control within the environment, which are said to impinge upon these social learning opportunities from occurring.
ISSN:0305-764X
1469-3577
DOI:10.1080/0305764X.2019.1630367