Modules for Teaching & Learning about Health Education: A Study of Guiding Questions, Essential Read

This innovative text provides your teacher education and health education students with coverage of twelve modules about teaching and learning, with an emphasis on health education readings and their applications for universities and schools. Each module begins with a guiding question that frames each reading, and a graphic organizer that shows the critical concepts under study. The text is organized into modules so that teacher candidates can create a mental model of how education and health can be studied through the big ideas of health education. Major concepts include: Wellness Prevention Health Behaviors Longevity Health Literacy Health Standards Curriculum Models Learning Styles The text also outlines how to develop and assess Personal and Social Skills through weekly Wellness Workshops, which are organized through the integrative pedagogy of cooperative learning, peer education, problem-based learning, and independent practice.