Between good intentions and practical constraints: Swedish teachers’ perceptions of school lunch

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In Sweden, pupils eat tax-funded school lunches, often in the company of teachers. This article focuses on Swedish compulsory school grade (ages 7–15) teachers’ (n = 823) perceptions of the school lunch in terms of intentions and daily practice. Analysis was based on written answers for an open-ended question that was part of a questionnaire focusing on teachers’ attitudes towards school lunch as a pedagogical activity. It was found that participating teachers saw the potential of the school lunch, placing emphasis on the social interaction that takes place in the school restaurant and the possibility of meeting pupils in a more informal setting. However, a key outcome was teachers’ depictions of the struggle between ideals and reality with the effect that teachers were not always provided with favourable conditions for school lunch interactions. It is important to address this in order to improve meal-time practices and the experience of school lunch.

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Berggren, L., Olsson, C., Rönnlund, M., & Waling, M. (2021). Between good intentions and practical constraints: Swedish teachers’ perceptions of school lunch. Cambridge Journal of Education, 51(2), 247–261. https://doi.org/10.1080/0305764X.2020.1826406

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