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06/02/2011

BBC Radio 4 - The Food Programme, Cooking in Schools

Sheila Dillon looks at the future of cooking and food preparation in the school curriculum

Sheila Dillon looks at the past, present and future of cooking and food preparation in the school curriculum.

Sheila Dillon explores the past present and future of cooking and food preparation in the school curriculum. She learns how it was introduced in the 1800s to educate girls for domestic service and is now part of the design and technology syllabus. Sheila looks at two approaches to food education in a primary and a secondary school and hears from interested parties the reasons for making cooking compulsory at secondary level. 





Producer: Harry Parker.

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