CONFIDENCE
TO LEARN: A GUIDE TO EXTENDING HEALTH EDUCATION IN THE PRIMARY SCHOOL
Summary of contents
Section 1 - Setting the Scene
This section sets out the main
themes of the book
- The importance of a health education
programme planned around core skills and competencies as well as information.
- A programme which starts with the
children's knowledge, understanding and misunderstandings and the language with which they
communicate all this. One which sees skill development as the core of the programme, and
understands the critical importance of revisiting and reworking skills and information in
increasingly demanding ways as the children move through primary school.
- The importance of feelings and
relationships as children try to achieve a greater capacity for healthy living and
learning.
Section 2 - Getting Going
This section then offers three
illuminative research strategies to enable you to plan a programme
Section 3 - Developing the
Skills
In this section we focus on the spiral of skills which are key to your health education
programme and how they can be introduced, practised and extended.
Section 4 - Evaluating the Learning
In this section we look at ways of monitoring and evaluating the children's
learning.
Section 5 - A Whole School
Approach
In this section we look at ways
forward in becoming a more health promoting school. |
