At this stage the class has reduced the list of Wikipedia health concerns to 10 they believe are relevant within the school as a setting. I prepared these 10 health concerns on separate templates, and stored them on separate memory sticks. I used memory sticks as students don’t have permissions to write to network spaces. [...]
Once the class has gathered evidence on the Wikipedia list of environmental health concerns within the setting of our school, and we have decided which have significance for investigation, I host a discussion on how these concerns might disrupt our basic environmental health needs. To begin this discussion I will search for a stimulus (on [...]
In my classes, I often incorporate a discussion circle. This involves us leaving the classrooms to find a comfortable area where we establish a circle. In this circle, we discuss current issues, current study and other ideas without reference to text.
Why do I have a discussion circle:
it allows students to offer opinion without judgement
it provides [...]
In my health education class I incorporate random breaks from curriculum that I term “Asides.” I believe they serve to strengthen the relationships and work in health education without directly using the content of health education. My first aside this year is titled My Inspiration.
Each class member (myself included) is to talk briefly about something [...]
This first week of the environmental health unit is based in a more traditional approach of education where I deliver knowledge to the class. I begin in this fashion to ensure an equitable access to what I consider the important background knowledge for the unit. I base the beginning of each of my units within [...]
The start of a new year when you have followed year 11s into year 12 is always interesting. There are the relationships you wish to foster by engaging in conversation about their breaks, yet the impending urgency to begin work as their year is so short.
My teaching begins with a review of what I call [...]
Welcome, this blog will describe the thinking, teaching and management of a subject entitled Health Education within a secondary school. Its intent is to provide information on what I percieve as the major influences on the teaching of Health Education, and how I am implemeting the syllabus within my own school.
This blog does not claim [...]
