1st Edition

Schools, Food and Social Learning

By Gurpinder Singh Lalli Copyright 2020
104 Pages
by Routledge

104 Pages
by Routledge

104 Pages
by Routledge

This book explores the potential of school dining halls as spaces of social learning through interactions between students and teachers. Schools, Food and Social Learning highlights the neglect of school dining halls in sociological research and the fact that so much can be gained from fostering interpersonal relations with other students and the school staff over meals. The book focuses... Read more

1. Introduction; 2. Social learning; 3. ‘You are what you eat’: Learning through school meals 4. ‘Come dine with me’: surveillance mechanism or community forum?; 5. ‘Food for thought’: conclusion

Biography

Gurpinder Singh Lalli is Senior Lecturer in Education and Inclusion Studies, based in the Institute of Education (IoE) at the University of Wolverhampton. Gurpinder has a vested interest in the sociology of education and is focused on school dining spaces. In 2017, he successfully defended a PhD in Education at the University of Leicester.