Play with your food and cook it! Tactile play with fish as a way of promoting acceptance of fish in 11 to 13 year old children in a school setting – a qualitative study

Rikke Højer*, Karen Wistoft, Michael Bom Frøst

*Corresponding author af dette arbejde

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Abstract

Despite a rich and long food tradition of consuming fish in Denmark, and the health benefits of eating fish, Danish children only consume one-third of the officially recommended amount of fish. The objective of this study is to investigate the experiential and sensory-based experiment gyotaku (Japanese fish print) as a way of breaking Down the disgust barrier of 11 to 13 year old children and qualitative investigate the effects on their interaction and
acceptance of fish. The research design of this study is a qualitative explanatory multiple case study design using participant observation in either a contrived or a natural setting and focus groups with students. Five classes were
recruited from the Capitol region and two from the region of Zealand (n = 132). Through thematic analysis the following four key themes were identified: Rejection, acceptance, craftsmanship, and the social dimension. Rejection and
acceptance seemed to happen gradually along a continuum related to different phases of the gyotaku experiment. Rejection was promoted by e.g. slime, fish smell, blood whereas e.g. helping each other, tactile play, and craftsmanship promoted acceptance. Furthermore, categorization of the fish influenced change along the rejection – acceptance continuum. Using the fish as a creative medium for tactile play became an important motivator in overcoming disgust and promoting acceptance, but it is also suggested that rejection and acceptance is gradual and moves back and forth on a continuum which is especially changed by how the fish is categorized; as non-food, animal or food. The study also revealed that autonomy, skills, and helping each other in the groups were important factors to promote acceptance, whereas e.g. the texture of the fish lead to rejection.
OriginalsprogEngelsk
Artikelnummer3180
TidsskriftNutrients
Vol/bind12
Nummer10
Sider (fra-til)1-23
Antal sider23
ISSN2072-6643
DOI
StatusUdgivet - okt. 2020

Emneord

  • Acceptance of fish
  • Children
  • Experimental learning
  • Family and consumer sciences
  • Food acceptance
  • Grundskole
  • Læring
  • Madkundskab
  • Tactile play
  • Undervisning

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