Real food was used for a trial lesson

FIDR has been engaged in writing textbooks for nutrition education with the officials of Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (MoEYS) towards the start of nutrition education in 2025. This activity of writing textbooks for 12 grades from primary, lower secondary and upper secondary school started in 2019, and only the textbooks for four grades have been left to write.

Actually, most staff of MoEYS, who are working on writing textbooks, don’t have teaching experiences. Therefore, it is important for them to get feedback on new textbooks from school teachers. The trial lessons were conducted for Grade 3 and 6 of our target schools using the first draft of textbooks, and after the trial lessons, staff of MoEYS and teachers exchanged their opinions about the lessons.

Before conduction the trial lessons, staff in charge of writing textbooks explained contents and concepts of the textbooks to teachers for mutual understanding. Then, they confirmed whether the sentences on the textbooks are easy for students to understand and the illustrations are appropriate or not.

After the trial lessons, the teachers gave many feedbacks including students’ opinions. They shared that "It was difficult to finish the class in time, but I think I can manage the time if I get more training and get used to it." “The illustrations are difficult to understand”, "It’s better to have more information in the instruction manual for teachers.", "It was difficult to use supplementary teaching materials."

FIDR will support staff of MoEYS in modifying the textbook based on the feedback from teachers and make it easier for teachers to use as well as more enjoyable for students to learn.

Students in group work using a draft textbook

FIDR staff (in the right) was listening to the opinions from a teacher