Author(s)

Ling Kong ¹, Jiajia He ¹, Xinyu Zhang ¹, Qianhan Huang ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ College of Education, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, Zhejiang, 321004, China

Corresponding Author

Ling Kong

ABSTRACT

Against the backdrop of the Healthy China 2030 Initiative, traditional Chinese medicine culture entering campus and labor education reform, this study takes the "Health Preservation and Cooking" course for senior primary school students as the research object. Questionnaire surveys and interviews were conducted among 104 students, 106 parents and 50 teachers. The results show that students expect hands‑on practice, parents value healthy habits, and teachers focus on food safety. "Learning by doing" is widely accepted. Course implementation should be based on safety and professional support, and extend learning to families through home‑school cooperation. Finally, this study puts forward suggestions on curriculum objectives, content, teaching, evaluation and home‑school collaboration, providing empirical references for integrating TCM culture into labor education.

KEYWORDS

Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Culture; Labor Education in Primary Schools; Curriculum Design; Health-Preserving Cooking

CITE THIS PAPER

Ling Kong, Jiajia He, Xinyu Zhang, Qianhan Huang. A Study on the Labor Education Curriculum Design of "Health-Preserving Cooking" in Primary Schools Based on a Multi-Stakeholder Needs Survey. Curriculum and Teaching Methodology (2026). Vol. 9, No.2, 95-104. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/curtm.2026.090212.

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