Mary Connolly - Böcker

The Third Edition provides teachers with the pedagogical foundation and training for a comprehensive skills-based PreK-12 health education program using the current National Health Education Standards. Early chapters connect skills-based health education to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Healthy People 2030, The CDC/ASCD Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child, and 21st Century Skills. The remaining chapters provide guidance and examples of unit planning, assessment, and instruction. Each standards chapter contains a step-by-step unit plan for each grade span (PreK-2; 3-5; 6-8; 9-12), that includes data, standards, infused performance indicators, scenarios, instruction, formative and summative assessments and rubrics. All sections include resources and worksheets. The text is ideal for in-service K-12 health and physical education teachers, pre-service teacher preparation programs, and state and community organizations. Relevant higher education courses include skills-based health education methods, curriculum, assessment, school health program planning, and more.

The Third Edition provides teachers with the pedagogical foundation and training for a comprehensive skills-based PreK-12 health education program using the current National Health Education Standards. Early chapters connect skills-based health education to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Healthy People 2030, The CDC/ASCD Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child, and 21st Century Skills. The remaining chapters provide guidance and examples of unit planning, assessment, and instruction. Each standards chapter contains a step-by-step unit plan for each grade span (PreK-2; 3-5; 6-8; 9-12), that includes data, standards, infused performance indicators, scenarios, instruction, formative and summative assessments and rubrics. All sections include resources and worksheets. The text is ideal for in-service K-12 health and physical education teachers, pre-service teacher preparation programs, and state and community organizations. Relevant higher education courses include skills-based health education methods, curriculum, assessment, school health program planning, and more.

Every new print copy includes 365-day access to the Navigate eBook. Teaching Social and Emotional Learning in Health Education: Applications in School and Community Settings provides instructors with the tools they need to successfully incorporate social and emotional learning into their classrooms. It aligns social and emotional learning to standards-based health education, providing a clear rationale for pairing the two when planning your curriculum. This valuable text trains health educators to connect the Social Emotional Learning (SEL) competencies to the National Health Education Standards (NHES), then design assessment and instruction.

Self-advocacy is a key component to meeting the standards in health, physical education, and social-emotional learning. Infusing Self-Advocacy in Health and Physical Education is a unique publication that provides an interdisciplinary approach to promote the benefits of self-advocacy for every child. Through the use of key teaching and learning elements, like real-world scenarios, lessons, and equity and inclusion sections, the text ensures that all instructors are equip with tools to prepare students for life's challenges.