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The Essentials of Teaching Health Education
Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment
By: Sarah Benes, Holly Alperin
Paperback | 7 March 2025
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The Essentials of Teaching Health Education has become the benchmark instructional textbook on developing successful health education programs. Now in a third edition that incorporates the 2024 SHAPE America National Health Education Standards and performance indicators, it sets the foundation for employing a skills-based approach that will teach students to become health literate, develop self-efficacy, and lead health-promoting lifestyles so that they can thrive at school and throughout life.
Written by seasoned and highly credentialed authors with experience in both university and preK-12 settings, The Essentials of Teaching Health Education, Third Edition With HKPropel Access, provides health education teacher education (HETE) students and in-service teachers all they need to build and teach a successful health education program,
- How to teach and develop health-related skills, with a focus on integrating the National Health Education Standards
- Practical strategies for accentuating strengths and skill development in curriculum design
- Real-world examples that demonstrate how the concepts are applied
- Advice and reflections from educators who have implemented a skills-based approach
In addition, the book features learning aids that help readers better understand and apply the content, including chapter summaries, discussion questions, and key points. Related materials delivered online through HKPropel include interactive activities, flash cards, key term quizzes, worksheets, and skill cue posters.
The Essentials of Teaching Health Education is arranged into four parts. Part I delves into the skills-based approach to health education, explaining the importance of the approach and how to understand student motivation. Part II takes an in-depth look at the National Health Education Standards. Each chapter focuses on one standard and provides steps for skill development, suggested cues for each skill, strategies for teaching and modeling the skill, developmentally appropriate skill-based learning activities, activities for skill practice, suggested ways to assess mastery of the skill, and other health topics that could also be taught in conjunction with that skill.
Part III explores how to use data to inform curriculum planning, outlines the eight steps for curriculum development, and shows how to design meaningful assessments. In part IV, readers learn how to create a positive learning environment, implement a skills-based approach, meet the unique needs of elementary health education, grow as a professional, and advocate for skills-based health education in schools.
The Essentials of Teaching Health Education, Third Edition, offers evidence-informed strategies as it guides health educators through the critical process of supplying students with the know-how they need for lifelong health and well-being. With this essential resource, current and future educators are set to deliver a complete, well-rounded, and successful health education curriculum.
Human Kinetics is proud to publish this book in association with SHAPE America, the national organization that defines excellence for school-based health and physical education professionals across the United States.
Introduction
Part I. Building the Foundation of a Skills-Based Approach
Chapter 1. The Role of Health Education
Health as a Continuum
The Need for Health Education
Using Resources in School-Based Health Education
Designing Health Education
Improving Health Outcomes
Summary
Chapter 2. Understanding a Skills-Based Approach
Components of Skills-Based Health Education
Skills-Based Health Education in Practice
Support for Skills-Based Health Education
Summary
Chapter 3. Equity and Justice in Health Education
Health Disparity and Health Inequity
Factors Contributing to Inequities
Social Justice and Health Equity
Social Justice Practices for Your Classroom
Summary
Chapter 4. Developing Health-Literate Individuals
Components of Health Literacy
Continuum of Health Literacy
Developing Health Literacy as an Asset
Establishing Health Literacy for Life
Summary
Chapter 5. Examining Student Motivation
Theories of Motivation
Developmental Levels and Motivation
General Considerations Across Age Levels
Summary
Chapter 6. Making Cross-Curricular Connections
A Coordinated Approach to Student Success
Shaping Local Wellness Policies
Making Interdisciplinary Connections for School Improvement
Summary
Part II. Teaching to the National Health Education Standards
Chapter 7. Accessing Valid and Reliable Resources
Step 1: Introduce the Skill
Step 2: Present Skill Cues
Step 3: Model the Skill
Step 4: Provide Opportunities for Practice and Feedback
Step 5: Assess the Skill and Support Transfer
Summary
Chapter 8. Analyzing Influences
Step 1: Introduce the Skill
Step 2: Present Skill Cues
Step 3: Model the Skill
Step 4: Provide Opportunities for Practice and Feedback
Step 5: Assess the Skill and Support Transfer
Summary
Chapter 9. Interpersonal Communication
Step 1: Introduce the Skill
Step 2: Present Skill Cues
Step 3: Model the Skill
Step 4: Provide Opportunities for Practice and Feedback
Step 5: Assess the Skill and Support Transfer
Summary
Chapter 10. Decision-Making
Step 1: Introduce the Skill
Step 2: Present Skill Cues
Step 3: Model the Skill
Step 4: Provide Opportunities for Practice and Feedback
Step 5: Assess the Skill and Support Transfer
Summary
Chapter 11. Goal-Setting
Step 1: Introduce the Skill
Step 2: Present Skill Cues
Step 3: Model the Skill
Step 4: Provide Opportunities for Practice and Feedback
Step 5: Assess the Skill and Support Transfer
Summary
Part III. Putting Everything Into Practice
Chapter 14. Using Data to Inform Curriculum Planning
Compiling Functional Information
Gathering and Understanding Data
Interpreting Data to Make Decisions on Curriculum
Using Data to Build Support for Health Education
Summary
Chapter 15. Six Steps for Curriculum Development
Step 1: Get to Know the Students and the Community
Step 2: Use Data to Determine the Health Topics, Functional Information, and Skills
Step 3: Create a Scope and Sequence
Step 4: Develop a Unit Plan, Objectives, and Outcomes
Step 5: Develop Unit Assessments
Step 6: Create Lesson Plans
Summary
Chapter 16. Designing Meaningful Assessments
Purposes of Assessment
Types of Assessment
Authentic Assessment
Rubrics and Grading
Constructive Feedback
Summary
Part IV. Strategies for Effective Instruction
Chapter 17. Creating a Positive Learning Environment
Know Yourself
Build Relationships With Your Students
Have a Plan
Establish Classroom Norms and Group Agreements
Foster Student Leadership and Involvement
Be a Positive Role Model
Summary
Chapter 18. Implementing a Skills-Based Approach
Using Participatory Methods to Support Skill Development and Functional Knowledge
Facilitate Meaningful, Relevant Learning Experiences
Provide Opportunities for Self-Reflection, Internalization, and Personalization
Summary
Chapter 19. Meeting the Unique Needs of Teaching Elementary Health Education
Making Time for Health Education
Considerations for the Elementary Level
Using Childrenâs Literature to Support Health Education
Engaging Families and the Community
Summary
Chapter 20. Professional Learning and Advocacy
Staying Current and Relevant
Engaging in Professional Development Opportunities
Developing a Personalized Professional Development Plan
Using What You Learn
Action Research in the Classroom
Advocating for Health Education
Summary
ISBN: 9781718232020
ISBN-10: 1718232020
Available: 7th March 2025
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 384
Publisher: HUMAN KINETICS
Country of Publication: GB
Dimensions (cm): 27.9 x 21.6
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