Nutritional Sciences and Toxicology 301 (Section 2):
Professional Preparation:
Teaching in Nutritional Sciences

NST 301 (Sec 2) Syllabus in pdf

Lecture:
Friday 9:00 - 11:00 am in 138 MORGAN

Instructor and Office Hours
Joanne P. Ikeda, MA, RD
Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences and Toxicology
223 Morgan Hall
Phone (510)642-2790
FAX (510) 642-0535
E-mail: jikeda@socrates.berkeley.edu
Office Hours: Fridays, 11:15 to 2 pm in 223 Morgan or by appointment.

Course Objective:
Upon completion of this course you should be able to:

1. Describe the factors that influence whether or not a dietitian is able to establish an effective helping relationship with a client.
2. Be able to establish an effective helping relationship with clients.
3. Write learning objectives in each of the three learning domains.
4. Explain why a dietitian needs to establish learning objectives for every planned educational encounter.
5. List the stages of behavioral change and be able to identify which stage a person is at by asking pertinent questions.
6. Facilitate behavioral change by supporting clients as they move from one stage to the next.
7. Relate the characteristics of adults as learners and explain how you accommodate these characteristics when planning an educational event.
8. Explain the findings of recent research on the food habits of children and indicate how this has influenced the advice given to parents about feeding children.
9. List factors which can facilitate interviews and describe how you would create a climate that would facilitate interviewing clients.
10. Use the four stage process of counseling when counseling clients.
11. Identify four methods of assessing dietary intake and be able to utilize these methods.
12. Demonstrate the ability to learn about a culture other than your own.
13. Compare the goals, objectives, and target audiences of major nutrition education programs operating in California.
14. Plan a program using the spectrum of prevention as a tool.
15. Assess the reading level of a nutrition education brochure, pamphlet, booklet and describe steps that can be taken to lower the reading level.
16. Create and use an instructional aide during a classroom presentation.
17. Describe how a nutrition education program can be evaluated during implementation and at the end of an individual’s involvement in the program.
18. Design and teach a series of 7 nutrition lessons in an elementary school setting using knowledge and skills learned in NS301.

Required Text:
Communication and Education Skills for Dietetics Professionals
By Betsy B. Holli and Richard J. Calabrese, Published by Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2003

Grades assigned will be as follows:

97 - 100 = A+	80 - 82 = B-
93 - 96 = A	76 - 79 = C+
90 - 92 = A-	73 - 75 = C
86 - 89 = B+	70 - 72 = C-
83 - 85 = B	Below 70 = F

Lecture Schedule

DATE	TOPIC	ASSIGNMENT
Sept 3	Overview of Class Effective Helping Professionals Improving Health - What does this mean? Effective Communication	n/a
Sept 10	Learning Theories The Learning Process Developing Learning Objective Promotion Change	Text pp. 86-91 207-229, 230-255
Sept 17	Planning Learning Adults as Learners Children as Learners CONTACT TEACHER	Text 256-268 To be distributed
Sept 24	Interviewing Clients VISIT CLASSROOM First Lesson Plan Due	Text 37-65
Oct 1	Accessing Dietary Intake FIRST CLASSROOM LESSON Second Lesson Plan Due	To be distributed
Oct 8	Individual Counseling Cross Cultural Assignment & Reading Distributed	Text 66-86, 91-109
Oct 15	Nutrition Education Programs in California EFNEP & FESNEP California Nutrition Network Dairy Council of California	n/a
Oct 22	Developing Nutrition Education Materials & Media Presentations	Text 335-361
Oct 29	Cross-Cultural Nutrition Education	Distributed on 10/8
Nov 5	Cross-Cultural Nutrition Education Student Presentations of Cross-Cultural Assignments	Text 162-188
Nov 12	Cross-Cultural Nutrition Education Student Presentations of Cross-Cultural Assignments	n/a
Nov 19	Designing Nutrition Education Programs Using the Spectrum of Prevention CLASSROOM LESSONS END Give Evaluation Form to Teacher	To be distributed
Nov 26	We Are Thankful For A Holiday!!	n/a
Dec 3	Evaluating the Impact of Nutrition Education & Counseling: Documenting Results	Text 267-287
Dec 10	Open Book Final Exam

Back to top

Back to Upper Division Undergraduate Courses