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Download full textNew York State Education Dept., Albany. – 1996
This document contains three learning standards for health, physical education, and home economics at three levels: elementary, intermediate, and commencement. The first section consists of these three standards: (1) personal health and fitness, (2) a safe and healthy environment, and (3) resource management. The format for displaying the…
Descriptors: Competence, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education
Tasmanian Education Dept., Hobart (Australia). – 1985
This guide provides an outline of possible course content for a 2-year physical education studies program during years 9 and 10. Teachers will need to supplement the ideas and materials presented in the guide with ideas and information of their own, using the guide as a starting point and resource for developing their own programs. Most of the…
Descriptors: Athletics, Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries, Health Education
Public Health Service (DHHS), Rockville, MD. – 1991
This report has been published in two volumes (combined here). Volume One (162 pages) is a summary report, repeating part 1 of the complete report, selected appendices, and the index to the list of objectives. Volume Two (700 pages) is the complete report, including all appendices. This report provides a strategy for significantly improving the…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Adolescent Development, Alcohol Education, Child Development
Meyer, James H., Comp. – 1981
Awareness activities pertaining to cancer and cardiovascular disease are presented as a supplement for high school science classes. The exercises can be used to enrich units of study dealing with the circulatory system, the cell, or human diseases. Eight activities deal with the following topics: (1) cardiovascular disease risk factors; (2)…
Descriptors: Cancer, Cardiovascular System, Class Activities, Disease Control
Alabama State Dept. of Education, Montgomery. – 1988
This curriculum guide supplements the Alabama "Health Education Course of Study," which offers a comprehensive planned sequential curriculum for grades K-12. The largest section of the guide consists of classroom activities which are tied to specific student outcomes. A list of materials needed to carry out the activities is provided.…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Curriculum Development, Family Relationship, Habit Formation
Alabama State Dept. of Education, Montgomery. – 1988
This curriculum guide supplements the Alabama "Health Education Course of Study," which offers a comprehensive planned sequential curriculum for grades K-12. The largest section of the guide consists of classroom activities which are tied to specific student outcomes. A list of materials needed to carry out the activities is provided.…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Curriculum Development, Dental Health, Exercise
Narins, Dorice M.; And Others – 1983
Five hearings were held in the fall of l982 to evaluate nutrition education programs in Illinois. Representatives from schools and hospitals, and presidents or directors of organizations whose members might provide nutrition education testified. Testimony by 96 participants was in the form of responses to questions about: (1) the primary audience…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Consumer Education, Curriculum Development, Eating Habits
O'Connor, Patrick J. – OSSC Bulletin, 1986
This bulletin examines wellness programs and what they mean to Oregon educators. The opening sections describe what is meant by "wellness" and trace the growth of wellness programs in Oregon to the annual Seaside Health Education Conference. To illustrate how wellness programs operate, the next two sections describe how two Oregon school…
Descriptors: Conferences, Elementary Secondary Education, Health Activities, Health Education
Anchorage Borough School District, AK. – 1978
This curriculum guide is designed for teaching health education to eighth graders but can be modified for use with high school students. The curriculum is divided into four units: 1) mental health, 2) physical health, 3) social health, and 4) behavior patterns. The classroom objectives in each unit are accompanied by teaching strategies and…
Descriptors: Anatomy, Consumer Education, Dietetics, Drug Education
Marcus, Bess H.; Forsyth, LeighAnn H. – 2003
This book describes proven methods for helping people change from inactive to active living. The behavior change methods are useful for healthy adults as well as individuals with chronic physical and psychological conditions. The book describes intervention programs for individuals and groups and for workplace and community settings. Part 1,…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Community Education, Counseling, Exercise Physiology
Kelly, John – Youth Today, 2002
Urban American Indians lack access to tribal services and traditional cultures. Youth programs for urban American Indians in Rapid City, South Dakota; Phoenix, Arizona; Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Lincoln, Nebraska are described. Substance abuse, dropping out, physical fitness, health, and self-esteem issues are addressed through Native language,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, American Indian Culture, Athletics, Cultural Education
Peer reviewedMoxley, Linda S. – Research in Higher Education, 1990
An employee wellness program involving physical fitness activities and health education was implemented at the University of Texas (Arlington). Results of participant (N=50) and control group (N=152) pre- and posttest surveys, physiological tests, program evaluations, and analysis of personnel records demonstrated the program's value. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Experimental Programs, Fringe Benefits, Health Education, Health Promotion
Direct linkJones, Sherry Everett; Brener, Nancy D.; McManus, Tim – American Journal of Health Education, 2004
This analysis examined differences in health instruction among teachers of required health education classes or courses who had received or wanted staff development on health topics, teachers who had a degree in health education, and teachers who were Certified Health Education Specialists. Classroom-level data were collected from teachers of a…
Descriptors: High Schools, Education Courses, Health Education, Physical Activities
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, Austin. – 1991
This publication presents approved guidelines for Texas institutions of higher and postsecondary education in the academic preparation of practitioners in the field of fitness for health. Developed in response to the rapid growth of this field, the guidelines identify and recommend the knowledge and expertise required in career preparation, and…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Allied Health Occupations Education, Associate Degrees, Bachelors Degrees
Cahn, Marilyn – 1993
The supplemental teaching resources provided in this book offer a variety of concrete, visual activities designed to help classroom and daycare center teachers introduce children to the human body and the way it is organized. An analogy comparing human body parts to house parts is used throughout the book to make lessons clear and age-appropriate.…
Descriptors: Cardiovascular System, Child Health, Class Activities, Elementary School Students
