ERIC Number: EJ1340046
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 19
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ISSN: ISSN-0380-2361
EISSN: EISSN-1918-5979
Changes in Pre-Service Teacher Personal and Professional Attitudes Following a Comprehensive School Health Course
Nutter, Sarah; Saunders, Jessica F.; Brun, Isabel; Exner-Cortens, Deinera; Russell-Mayhew, Shelly
Canadian Journal of Education, v45 n1 p227-245 2022
Comprehensive school health (CSH) is a framework that can support teachers in the delivery of health-related content as well as supporting health promotion within the school community. In this study, 222 Bachelor of Education students completed surveys at the beginning and end of a mandatory six-week course on CSH with a body weight-neutral focus. Following the course, participants had significantly positively increased attitudes toward CSH, self-efficacy to teach using CSH, and weight-related attitudes. These results support CSH as a useful framework for teachers in their future practice to improve the wellness of students, teachers, and the broader school community.
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes, Attitude Change, Comprehensive School Health Education, Health Promotion, Self Efficacy, Body Weight, Self Concept, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada
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