Curriculum and Methods in Teaching Health Education at the Secondary Level

Methods of instruction to conduct health education in the secondary school. Concepts and skills in lesson and unit planning, classroom management, safety, evaluation and grading, and integration of children with special needs. Health education concepts and ideas linking choice and behavior to prevention. Subdisciplines include child growth and development, family life, nutrition and exercise, cancer prevention, decision making, basic safety, and cultural beliefs and practices, and effects on health and well-being. Thirty hours field observation in the secondary school supervised by York College faculty members.

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