Robert Wandberg – författare

The second edition of Health Promotion and Education: Content and Curriculum presents students with best practices for school and public health education. Filled with practical applications and examples, the book is written with future professional experiences in mind and provides teaching strategies and learning activities for diverse learning populations.The book begins by teaching students about the role and benefit of schools and communities in promoting health education. In later chapters, models of prevention (with a focus on health risk behaviors), target population characteristics, administrative support, maximizing participation, factors that influence learning, and numerous other critical subjects are covered. Throughout, readers are challenged to cultivate practical skills, including learning how to write learning objectives, implement teaching strategies, use graphic organizers, plan lessons, create rubrics, and assess and evaluate progress.The second edition features increased focus on assessment and evaluation. Students learn how to align assessment and evaluation strategies with target population indicators and learning objectives to better demonstrate program and curricula efficacy.Health Promotion and Education is ideal for courses in school and/or public health education curriculum and methodology, as well as those that teach best practices in health education.

Effective Practices for Teaching and Learning in Inclusive Classrooms gives educators insight into the eight most widely researched instructional practices known to have a powerful impact on diverse student populations. The material serves as an effective bridge to the best practices that can be used consistently with students, regardless of placement.Each chapter begins with objectives and key vocabulary. It then presents a series of questions for readers to consider as they explore teaching and learning in action. All chapters conclude with brief summaries, review questions or activities that encourage critical thinking and applications of the principles, and templates readers can access immediately for classroom use.Topics include setting the stage for student learning, learner objectives, visual representations, student engagement, grouping and cooperative learning, questioning techniques, assessment, and grading.This textbook is recommended for pre-service teachers in special education and general education preparation programs. Experienced teachers will also find this book an excellent addition to their professional resource library.