Teaching Today's Health

by David J. Anspaugh, Gene Ezell

B> This book is a comprehensive, up-to-date overview of health and wellness, with strategies for teaching health education in elementary and middle schools. The book begins with an introductory overview of the philosophical bases for health education, national standards, and evaluation methods, and includes a variety of activities and strategies for approaching health education in the classroom. Each content chapter is followed by a strategy chapter that shows the teacher how to effectively apply and teach the content in a meaningful way. The strategies include value clarification activities, dramatizations, puzzles, and games, as well as suggestions for World Wide Web sites, references, and videos for teaching in each of the content areas. The theme of instilling lifelong health and wellness through positive lifestyle choices is used throughout. For health educators working with elementary and middle school students, or anyone else with an interest in health education.

672 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1983

Reviews

[Dani]

Other teaching textbooks I've read focus on philosophy, pedagogy, and teaching methods. They expect you to already know the content and instead focus on how to teach it. This textbook was different in that about half of it was content--teaching the fast and furious basics of a variety of health topics. A chapter would focus on a topic and the following chapter would have lesson ideas for that content. It was a decent and informative textbook overall, it just wasn't what I expected. Additionally, I didn't find the lesson ideas very helpful--a lot of "give a handout, talk about it, ask questions, and do some role-play." Those are all certainly fine, but it's exactly how my health classes were and I didn't learn any new lesson styles or approaches.

[Daniel Morgan]

Just what it says on the cover - it talks about health topics and how to teach them. Clear explanations, lots of sample questions and ideas. I especially appreciate that each subject covers both the facts/science itself and how to incorporate the material in the classroom. This is kind of a niche topic, but if you need it this is a good book.

[Misty Moncrief]

For a text book this text is quite enjoyable. The content is quick to the point with very littke extra. After every chater the book offers a list of lesson plans to teach the content which is quite useful. The font and chapter length is perfect. I have actually enjoyed this text.

[Chole Allyson]

This was a good review for teaching health to people today.