Food and Consumer Education 食品和消费者

The Food & Consumer Education Department aims to:

• Develop Marists to be health-conscious and discerning consumers; and 

• Enable Marists to better manage their lives for the present and the future. The focus is on how individuals and families can optimise their resources of food, finance and time to meet their physical, mental, social and economic needs. 

To achieve the Department’s goals, the following programmes are offered:

Food Studies

• Students will learn the importance of having a Healthy Diet through good meal planning and make connections between food choices and diet-related diseases. 

Consumer Studies

• Students will learn how to manage their money and resources through identifying their needs and wants as well as formulating and managing a budget plan.  

Consumer Awareness

• Students will learn about consumer rights and responsibilities and how to seek redress when goods or services purchased are damaged or unsatisfactory. It is also important for students to be smart shoppers who know where to obtain information on products and services.

Practical lessons in the kitchen

• They will be taught how to prepare various dishes that incorporate different methods of cooking and culinary skills. At the end of Secondary 1, students will create and design quality food products by applying Critical and Inventive Thinking, an important 21st Century skill.

食品和消费者教育课程部门致力于：

• 培养 学生 成为注重健康、具备辨别能力的消费者；

• 让学生学会更好地管理当下与未来的生活。其关注点是个人与家庭如何优化食物、财务及时间 等资源，以满足身体、心理、社会及经济上的需求。

为实现这些目标，食品和消费者教育课程部门提供以下课程与项目：

• 食品学（Food Studies）
  学生将学习如何通过良好的饮食规划来保持健康饮食习惯，并理解食物选择与饮食相关疾病之间的关系。

• 消费学（Consumer Studies）
  学生将学习如何管理金钱与资源，包括区分需求与欲望，以及制定与管理预算计划。

• 消费者意识（Consumer Awareness）
  学生将学习何为消费者的权利与责任，以及在购买到损坏的商品或对服务不满意时该如何寻求补救措施。同时，学生也必须懂得从何处获取商品与服务的相关信息，成为 聪明的消费者

• 实践课程（Practical Lessons in the Kitchen）
  学生将在实践中学习多种烹饪方法，并亲自准备不同的菜肴。中一学年结束时，学生将运用 批判性与创新思维 设计并制作出高质量的食品。