Department of Health and
Community Services
Health Education For Elementary Teachers (HCSV 260-04)
Course Syllabus – Spring 2005
Instructor: Mary Portis, DrPH,
Office
Hours: Tuesday
Office:
Phone: 898-4994
E-Mail:
mportis@csuchico.edu
Fax: 530 -898-5107
Mailbox:
Text: Anspaugh,
D. & Ezell, G. (2003) Teaching Today’s Health. Allyn
& Bacon.
Web Text: Health Instruction Framework for California Public
Schools found at
http://www.cde.ca.gov/cdepress/health-framework/2003-health-framework-pdf
Course
Description: Addresses major health
issues affecting the child including but not limited to health promotion and
disease prevention, nutrition, family life education, sexually transmitted
diseases, first aid, adult/child/infant CPR, and substance use and abuse. Overview of the Health Instruction Framework for California Public
Schools. Fulfills the
Course
Objectives:
·
Identify functions of the school health program.
·
Identify appropriate health education scope and sequence for the
elementary grades.
·
Examine techniques for health appraisal of the child.
·
Given a cumulative health record, interpret health information.
·
Distinguish between normal and abnormal growth and development.
·
Choose appropriate health education lessons based on growing and
developing characteristics.
·
Distinguish between those situations likely to result in litigation
with those situations unlikely to result in litigation.
·
Identify physical, social and emotional conditions that contribute to
optimal learning.
·
Given a student health problem, identify appropriate community resources
for referral.
·
Identify characteristics of common health problems in children.
·
Select appropriate classroom and curricular adaptations for students
with physical disabilities and health impairments.
·
Explain implementation of mandatory and permissive emergency procedures
in schools.
·
Demonstrate infant and child CPR skills, rescue breathing and choke
rescue.
·
Describe appropriate first aid responses for common classroom and
school site accidents.
·
Explain implementation of specific school-based health screening
procedures.
·
Demonstrate use of the Health Instruction Framework in curriculum
planning.
·
Identify motivations for student drug use.
·
Select appropriate drug education/prevention strategies for school
based programs.
·
Identify psychoactive substances in terms of their use, abuse and
effect on human potential.
·
Describe techniques for teaching decision-making, problem solving and
values clarification skills in relation to health behaviors.
·
Identify eating patterns that contribute to wellness.
·
Suggest nutritional modifications to school lunch, school party and
fund-raiser practices.
·
Explain nutrition education strategies for elementary students.
·
Describe the role and responsibilities of the family life educator.
·
Explain educational strategies in family life education.
·
Identify signs and symptoms of and prevention techniques for sexually
transmitted diseases.
·
Describe integration of health-related physical fitness concepts into
the health education curriculum.
·
Describe strategies for mental health promotion and suicide prevention.
·
Explain appropriate management of controversial health issues in
schools.
·
Design and implement an active, age-appropriate health education lesson
in an elementary school.
Course Schedule
The comprehensive school
health system
Directions
for Teaching Project, Group Assignments, Examples and materials
Scope and sequence in health education
Reading Assignment: Chapter 4, Strategies for
Implementing Health Education
Tuesday Feb. 8
Writing Objectives
Bring assignment sheets
2-4 to class
Reading Assignment: Web
Page; PE Central – http://www.pecentral.org/lessonideas/health/healthlp.asp and www.healthteacher.com
(you will need a password for this one) search nutrition and fitness lessons
for your grade level and review offerings in “more resources” – print out ideas
you can use in your teaching unit
Lesson plan sharing;
Lesson Planning
Reading Assignment: Chapter 17, Nutrition and 18,
Strategies for Teaching Nutrition
Tuesday Feb.
15
Nutrition Education
Reading Assignment, Chapter 9 Personal Health and 10
Strategies for Teaching Body Systems and Personal Health
EXTRA CREDIT: Give blood or recruit someone to give
blood at the
Obesity Prevention
Tuesday Feb. 22
Health-Related
Physical Fitness
Methods
and Materials
Group Oral Presentation on teaching plan; All
teaching plans due
Evaluation of Read Across
Reading Assignment: Chapter 5, Measurement and
Evaluation of Health Education
Thursday March 10
Exam #1 on class material and Chapters 3, 4, 5 9,
10, 17 & 18
SPRING BREAK – March 14-18 –
No Classes
Tuesday March 22
Stress and Children
Reading Assignment Chapter 6 Mental Health and
Stress Reduction
Suicide Prevention
Anti-smoking education
Reading Assignment: Chapter 13 Substance Use and
Abuse
Drug Education
Reading Assignment: Chapter 14 Strategies for
Teaching about Substance Abuse
Reading Assignment:
Chapter 11 – 12 Sexuality Education and Strategies in Sexuality Education
Family
Life Education continued
Injury Prevention and
Safety
Reading Assignment:
Chapter 19: Injuries: Accident and Violence Prevention
Playground Safety
Assignment
Violence Prevention
and anti-bias programs
Common health
Problems in Children
Reading Assignment:
Chapter 15, Infectious and noninfectious diseases
Disease Prevention
and Education
Disaster and
emergency planning
Environmental Health
All CPR cards are due
Environmental health
Reading Assignment: Chapter 25 Environmental Health
and 26 Strategies for Teaching Environmental Health
Review
FINAL
EXAM Thursday,
May 19,
Course Requirements:
Exam #1 100
points
Final Exam 100 points
Playground Assessment 15 points
Attendance/In class work: 30-50 points
Read Across America Teaching 100 points
Read Across America Written Plan and Presentation 50 points
Final grades are
determined from a straight scale based on the total number of points available
in the class.
Note: An infant, child, adult CPR card must be
completed to fulfill the requirements of this class.