Section: Student Centered Teaching Approaches | High Impact Instructional Strategies for Health Education

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This module focuses on student centered teaching approaches. The module will examine best practices in problem/project based learning (PBL). Examples of PBL are identified for elementary, middle, and high school. A process for inquiry based learning approach for health and physical education are also examined.
Key Outcomes:
1. Identify the gold standards for problem/project based learning.
2. Identify specific student centered learning approaches for classroom use.
- Select activity The Power of Student-Driven Learning
  
  The Power of Student-Driven Learning Page
- Select activity Overview for Problem/Project Based Learning
  
  Overview for Problem/Project Based Learning Page
- Select activity Elementary PBL Examples Pk-5
  
  Elementary PBL Examples Pk-5 Page
- Select activity Middle School PBL Examples 6-8
  
  Middle School PBL Examples 6-8 Page
- Select activity High School PBL Examples
  
  High School PBL Examples Page
- Select activity Inquiry Based Learning Approach
  
  Inquiry Based Learning Approach Page
- Select activity Youth Participatory Action Research
  
  Youth Participatory Action Research Page
- Select activity Processing Questions
  
  Processing Questions Page
  
  1. Consider a project-based learning opportunity for your students. Think about Standard #1 and Skills-Standards #2-8.
  a. What would students learn/know at the end of a project-based learning opportunity?
  b. What would students be able to demonstrate? Include health skills and other academic or life skills.
  2. When considering an action research project, give an example of how the community be impacted in a positive way by the students' work/project?

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