Other modes of teaching: the experience of creating a community and stimulating critical thinking through the curricularization of extension

Abstract

This article is an experience report of the curricularization of extension within the theme of child and youth eating habits and nutrition developed by a team of teachers, nutrition students and workers with a health degree. Through the decentralization and sharing of the place/role of the educator and creation of a learning community, the experience highlights the transformative role of extension in questioning reductionist concepts of knowledge generation and care. The experience recognizes the importance of critical thinking to overcome adult-centric perspectives, rethink the work of nutritionists and expand the sensory experience of food and eating in different children, adolescents and youth. Future challenges include the direct involvement of children and adolescents in the process, the promotion of a political-participatory culture among socially distanced segments of society and the confrontation of productivist logic in university institutions.