dtn303 nutrition education for adults

NUTRITION EDUCATION FOR ADULTS

DTN303

2020

Credit points: 15

Subject outline

In this subject you will begin to understand and be able to apply learning and educational theories within the context of food and nutrition education. You will apply skills in interpreting population, demographic and other food and nutrition data to describe a community and their food, health and nutritional status and develop a range of high level communication skills through developing a health promotion program to meet the needs of a community. Finally you will gain practical skills in planning food and nutrition education with particular emphasis on translating scientific literature into end-point user-friendly, culturally appropriate written information by demonstrating excellent communication skills across a variety of mediums.

SchoolAllied Heath, Human Services & Sport

Credit points15

Subject Co-ordinatorAnna Vassallo

Available to Study Abroad/Exchange StudentsNo

Subject year levelYear Level 3 - UG

Available as ElectiveNo

Learning ActivitiesN/A

Capstone subjectNo

Subject particulars

Subject rules

Prerequisites Must be admitted in one of the following courses: HBFN, HBFNX, HOUA, and must have passed: DTN301

Co-requisitesN/A

Incompatible subjectsDTN4ECN

Equivalent subjectsDTN403 OR DTN3NTE

Quota Management StrategyN/A

Quota-conditions or rulesN/A

Special conditionsThis subject is offered via Open Universities Australia. La Trobe University students can undertake this subject as part of a cross institutional enrolment under certain circumstances, and must seek approval from the Bachelor of Food and Nutrition Course Coordinator for eligibility. Due to the nature of the subject content and online delivery, enrolments are generally not permitted past the published OUA enrolment date for the study period.

Minimum credit point requirementN/A

Assumed knowledgeN/A

Learning resources

Nutrition Counseling and Education Skill Development

Resource TypeBook

Resource RequirementPrescribed

AuthorBauer, Liou and Sokolik

Year2015

Edition/Volume3rd edition

PublisherCengage Learning

ISBNN/A

Chapter/article titleN/A

Chapter/issueN/A

URLN/A

Other descriptionN/A

Source locationN/A

Career Ready

Career-focusedNo

Work-based learningNo

Self sourced or Uni sourcedN/A

Entire subject or partial subjectN/A

Total hours/days requiredN/A

Location of WBL activity (region)N/A

WBL addtional requirementsN/A

Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes

Graduate Capabilities

Intended Learning Outcomes

01. Apply learning and educational theories to design individual and group nutrition education sessions, including development of appropriate supporting materials.
02. Demonstrate effective individual and group multimodal communication skills for a range of audiences.
03. Review and analyse the food, health and nutritional status of groups across Australia and the world.

Subject options

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Start date between: and    Key dates

On-Line, 2020, OUA study period 2, Online

Overview

Online enrolmentNo

Maximum enrolment sizeN/A

Subject Instance Co-ordinatorAnna Vassallo

Class requirements

LectureWeek: 23 - 35
Six 2.00 hours lecture per study period on any day including weekend during the day from week 23 to week 35 and delivered via online.
These lectures are provided as recordings for students to access

TutorialWeek: 23 - 35
Twelve 2.00 hours tutorial per study period on any day including weekend during the day from week 23 to week 35 and delivered via online.
Individual and group facilitated activities and discussions, Including synchronous sessions

Unscheduled Online ClassWeek: 23 - 35
Twelve 2.00 hours unscheduled online class per study period on any day including weekend during the day from week 23 to week 35 and delivered via online.

Assessments

Assessment elementCommentsCategoryContributionHurdle%ILO*
One 1800 word equivalent individual written assessment taskN/AN/AN/ANo50SILO1, SILO3
One group task (equivalent to 1000 words per student)N/AN/AN/ANo20SILO1, SILO2
One individual task (1000 words equiv)N/AN/AN/ANo30SILO1, SILO2, SILO3

On-Line, 2020, OUA study period 4, Online

Overview

Online enrolmentNo

Maximum enrolment sizeN/A

Subject Instance Co-ordinatorAnna Vassallo

Class requirements

LectureWeek: 49 - 0
Six 2.00 hours lecture per study period on any day including weekend during the day from week 49 to week 0 and delivered via online.
These lectures are provided as recordings for students to access

TutorialWeek: 49 - 0
Twelve 2.00 hours tutorial per study period on any day including weekend during the day from week 49 to week 0 and delivered via online.
Individual and group facilitated activities and discussions, Including synchronous sessions

Unscheduled Online ClassWeek: 49 - 0
Twelve 2.00 hours unscheduled online class per study period on any day including weekend during the day from week 49 to week 0 and delivered via online.

Assessments

Assessment elementCommentsCategoryContributionHurdle%ILO*
One 1800 word equivalent individual written assessment taskN/AN/AN/ANo50SILO1, SILO3
One group task (equivalent to 1000 words per student)N/AN/AN/ANo20SILO1, SILO2
One individual task (1000 words equiv)N/AN/AN/ANo30SILO1, SILO2, SILO3