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Dubreil, Sébastien – Foreign Language Annals, 2020
Since the COVID-19 pandemic has led to nation-wide school closures, the transition to remote teaching has caused profound disruption to classroom instruction. In this article, I share the impact that this forced transition has had on the redesign of the second half of a French course entitled "Gaming culture and culture of games," to…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Second Language Learning, French, School Closing
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Beddoes, Zack; Sazama, Deb; Prusak, Keven; Starck, Jenna; McMullen, Brock – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 2020
Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) are becoming more commonplace in K-12 education. As PLCs represent a departure from isolation toward a culture of collaboration, physical educators may be ideally situated to shape school culture. Physical educators often serve the dual roles of teaching and sport coaching in schools. Sport coaching…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Elementary Secondary Education, Physical Education Teachers, Athletic Coaches
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Volinsky, Allyson C.; Sangalang, Angeline – Communication Teacher, 2019
Courses: Introduction to Communication Behavior, Health Communication, Public Communication Campaigns, Persuasion, Public Relations. Objectives: Students gain practice determining various components of a health communication campaign (e.g. selecting appropriate target population(s), media channels), while noting the need for synergy across key…
Descriptors: Communication Strategies, Public Health, Health Promotion, Mass Media
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Galea, Sandro – Health Education & Behavior, 2016
In this column, Sandro Galea addresses what would be required to identify and implement solutions that can improve the health of populations. Galea suggests that two perspectives need to inform solutions that might prove successful. First, solutions that aim to improve the health of populations need to be grounded in clarity of purpose, aiming to…
Descriptors: Public Health, Politics, Health Promotion
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Jade Mitchell; Hongwan Li; Mark H. Weir; Julie Libarkin; Emily Pasek – Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education, 2024
Quantitative microbial risk assessment (QMRA) is a growing interdisciplinary field addressing exposures to microbial pathogens and infectious disease processes. Risk science is inherently interdisciplinary, but few of the contributing disciplinary programs offer courses and training specifically in QMRA. To develop multidisciplinary training in…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Microcredentials, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Reiss, Michael J. – Science & Education, 2022
The issue of trust in science has come to the fore in recent years. I focus on vaccines, first looking at what is known about trust in vaccines and then concentrating on whether what science education teaches about vaccines can be trusted. I present an argument to connect the phenomenon of vaccine hesitancy to the issue of trust and then argue for…
Descriptors: Immunization Programs, Trust (Psychology), Information Sources, Science Education
Casey Parker-Crockett; Shelli D. Rampold; Sebastian Galindo; J. C. Bunch; Heather Yoder; Andrew Thoron; Anthony C. Andenoro; C. Roxanne Connelly; Andrea Lucky; Ricky Telg – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2022
Mosquitoes are both a nuisance and public health threat. In recent decades, outbreaks of dengue, chikungunya, and Zika in Florida have raised awareness of the importance of domestic and peri-domestic container mosquitoes, Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus. The synanthropic nature of these species, coupled with their preference for human…
Descriptors: Entomology, Public Health, Diseases, Community Education
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Mayfield-Johnson, Susan; Butler, James, III – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2017
This chapter provides an overview of a community-based approach to documentary photography known as photovoice and describes how Community Health Advisors in Mississippi and Alabama used photovoice to empower themselves and take action by becoming active partners in their individual and in their community's health.
Descriptors: Action Research, Participatory Research, Social Action, Photography
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Leeman, Jennifer; Calancie, Larissa; Kegler, Michelle C.; Escoffery, Cam T.; Herrmann, Alison K.; Thatcher, Esther; Hartman, Marieke A.; Fernandez, Maria E. – Health Education & Behavior, 2017
Public health and other community-based practitioners have access to a growing number of evidence-based interventions (EBIs), and yet EBIs continue to be underused. One reason for this underuse is that practitioners often lack the capacity (knowledge, skills, and motivation) to select, adapt, and implement EBIs. Training, technical assistance, and…
Descriptors: Theories, Capacity Building, Evidence Based Practice, Intervention
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Spoth, Richard; Franz, Nancy; Brennan, Alison – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2021
Background: Translation science entails application of information gained through scientific research to practices intended to improve prevention and public health. The outreach arm of Land-Grant Universities--the Cooperative Extension System--is uniquely poised to facilitate this translation process and contribute to resolution of current…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Prevention, Extension Education, Capacity Building
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Hengstermann, Mayarí; Díaz-Artiga, Anaité; Otzóy-Sucúc, Roberto; Laura Maria Ruiz-Aguilar, Ana; Thompson, Lisa M. – Health Education & Behavior, 2021
Background: Household air pollution adversely affects human health and the environment, yet more than 40% of the world still depends on solid cooking fuels. The House Air Pollution Intervention Network (HAPIN) randomized controlled trial is assessing the health effects of a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) stove and 18-month supply of free fuel in…
Descriptors: Pollution, Fuels, Public Health, Information Dissemination
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Aguilar, Mario Sánchez; Castaneda, Apolo – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2021
We report a study on mathematical literacy with special emphasis on health literacy. In particular, we identify and characterize the mathematical competencies that a citizen needs to interpret the official information on the COVID-19 pandemic as experienced in Mexico. To achieve this, we analyze the daily reports on the pandemic issued by the…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Symbols (Mathematics), Foreign Countries
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Dilmaghani, Maryam – Health Education, 2021
Purpose: Over the years, many upstream health policies have sought to reduce smoking across populations. While smoking has been substantially reduced, the effects of these policies on education-smoking gradient remain unclear. The present paper compares the education-smoking gradient among the Generation X and the millennials, who grew up with…
Descriptors: Smoking, Incidence, Public Policy, Public Health
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Harrison, Louis, Jr.; Azzarito, Laura; Hodge, Samuel – Quest, 2021
The current state of research in kinesiology scholarship is largely void of empirical research that counters deficit thinking from a social justice perspective. The purpose of this paper is to interrogate the social justice agenda in kinesiology, and to suggest directions for the future of social justice research in our fields. First, we offer…
Descriptors: Kinesiology, Social Justice, Research, Social Bias
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Musco, Shaina; Hargett, Brenden; Shollenberger, Tara; Kicklighter, Jackson; Carilli, Christina – Journal of American College Health, 2021
Objective: Pilot study to assess the efficacy of a multidisciplinary educational training program (OverdosED) designed to increase college students' knowledge of and confidence in their ability to appropriately recognize and respond to suspected overdose on depressant substances. Participants: Undergraduate students (n = 92) with Greek life…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Interdisciplinary Approach, Training, Undergraduate Students
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