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The Essentials of Teaching Health Education: Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment

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By (author): Holly Alperin Sarah Benes

The Essentials of Teaching Health Education, Second Edition, presents a skills-based approach to teaching K-12 health education that prepares students for success in the 21st century. This practical text is written by seasoned and highly credentialed authors with experience in both university and K-12 settings. It provides educators all they need to build, teach, and assess a health education program that will help their students become health literate, develop self-efficacy, and gain the 21st-century skills they need to maintain or improve health and well-being.

What Sets This Book Apart
This text meets the unique needs of schools, teachers, and students. It emphasizes an individualized approach to enhancing student learning and developing skills based on current research and national health education standards.

This new edition of The Essentials of Teaching Health Education features the following:
  • Two new chapters: one on the role of health education in the 21st century and the other on equity and social justice in health education
  • An updated definition of skills-based health education
  • A revised skill-development model that puts learning theory into practice as well as updated research connecting this approach to health behavior theory and learning theory
  • A new student resource accessed through HKPropel
  • Practical strategies for curriculum design and program development with a skills-based approachone that makes it easy to put the content into action and make a meaningful impact on students
  • Real-world examples to help readers understand and apply the content, along with summaries, key points, and review questions that aid in retaining the information
  • Vocabulary words and definitions to help students keep up with the ever-changing terminology in health education
Ancillaries for adopting instructors are available online.

Book Organization
The book is arranged into four parts. Part I delves into the skills-based approach to health education, explaining the role of health education, discussing equity and justice in health education, describing the importance of the approach, and demystifying student motivation. Part II focuses on how to teach skills that are based on the National Health Education Standards: accessing valid and reliable information, products, and services; analyzing influences; interpersonal communication; decision making and goal setting; self-management; and advocacy.

Part III explores how to use data to inform curriculum planning, outlines the eight steps for curriculum development, and shows teachers how to design meaningful assessments. In part IV, readers learn how to create a positive learning environment, implement a skills-based approach, and meet the unique needs of elementary health education. The final chapter examines professional development beyond the classroom.

A Framework for Successful Acquisition of Skills
The Essentials of Teaching Health Education, Second Edition, offers evidence-informed strategies as it guides teachers through the critical process of supplying students with the tools they need for success in school and in life. The authors use the Partnership for 21st Century Skills framework to set the foundation for teaching the skills students need.

The text is comprehensive and flexible to meet all students needs. With all the ancillaries and tools it provides, educators are set to deliver a complete, well-rounded curriculum that will prepare future teachers for success.

Note: A code for accessing HKPropel is included with all new print books. See more
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Product Details
  • Weight: 998g
  • Publication Date: 24 Feb 2021
  • Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers
  • Publication City/Country: United States
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781492593560

About Holly AlperinSarah Benes

Sarah Sparrow Benes EdD CHES received her EdD in curriculum and teaching from Boston University her EdM in human movement from Boston University and her BS in athletic training from the University of Connecticut. She is on track to earn her masters degree in public health in 2021. Sarah worked as a graduate assistant athletic trainer and an assistant athletic trainer at Boston University before transitioning to teaching full time and running the physical education and health education programs for six years. Dr. Benes is now at Merrimack College as an associate clinical professor in the School of Health Sciences. She has taught a range of courses including curriculum and teaching methods student teaching practicums health education for elementary educators health behavior theory and introduction to public health. Dr. Benes developed and led the first short-term study abroad course in the School of Health Sciences taking students to Scotland as part of a course comparing public health in the United States and abroad. Dr. Benes research interests include skills-based health education physical activity in the classroom and enhancing school-based physical education and health education programming. Dr. Benes is currently on the board of SHAPE America and she has served as chair of the Health Education Council of SHAPE America. She has done curriculum development with many districts in Massachusetts has conducted skills-based health education professional development across the country and internationally and has written many health education presentations and publications. She currently lives in Natick Massachusetts with her husband two daughters and a yellow lab. She enjoys reading hiking and going on adventures with her family.Holly Alperin EdM MCHES is a clinical associate professor at the University of New Hampshire (UNH) and has over 20 years experience in both public health and education. As a faculty member and program coordinator of the department of kinesiologys health and physical education teacher preparation program she focuses on preparing preservice educators to teach using a skills-based approach. Prior to UNH she worked at the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education in a variety of roles that supported schools in their efforts to strengthen policies and increase capacity around school health education and programs school nutrition programs and professional learning experiences for educators. Through her work at the local state national and international levels she provides guidance to schools as they create a culture of health and well-being for each studentboth in the health education classroom and throughout the school. Alperin is the past vice president of health education for New Hampshire Association for Health Physical Education Recreation and Dance currently serves on the taskforce to revise the National Health Education Standards and is the past-chair of the Health Education Council for SHAPE America among other volunteer roles. Alperin received her masters in education in policy planning and administration from Boston University and her bachelors degree in health education and health promotion from Central Michigan University. She holds the Master Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES) credential. She lives in New Hampshire with her husband and two daughters. In her free time you can likely find her in the mountains or at the beach enjoying the best New England has to offer.

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