Comprehensive School Health Education

by Linda B. Meeks, Philip Heit

A market leader, this book continues to be the most thorough text andresource for preparing elementary-, middle-, and secondary-schoolteachers to teach health. Students who use this text in a methodsclass keep it as a reference for student-teaching and throughout theirteaching career. They rely on the practical strategies and methods thatthe book provides, as well as on its comprehensive Curriculum Guide: an organized, sequential K-12 plan for teaching students the informationand skills they need to become health-literate, to maintain and improvetheir health, to prevent disease, and to reduce risky health-relatedbehaviors

Genres: Education, Textbooks

1056 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 1992

About the author

Prof. Linda B. Meeks is Co-CEO and President of Meeks Heit Associates, a company engaged in consulting, keynote speaking, training and producing high-quality written, electronic and recorded materials whose purpose is to educate and motivate people of all ages to take responsibility for their wellness. She also is an Associate Professor Emeritus in The Ohio State University College of Education and Human Ecology.

Prof. Meeks has had a prolific career as an author of textbooks for ages PreK through college. With Dr. Heit, her business partner for more than thirty years, she has co-authored more than 350 books used by millions of students throughout the world.

Reviews

[Mindelei · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some undertones of right-wing agenda at times. Overall, good book - lesson plans included.

[Karen]

Only read bits and pieces as needed for class, but a pretty good comprehensive look at health topics broken down by age.