Topic outline
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Welcome!
The modules in this course collectively create a comprehensive course to support educators teaching health education. The goal of health education is for students to gain knowledge and become proficient in skills that will help them adopt and maintain healthy lives.
These modules will equip educators to develop skills around implementing high impact teaching strategies and effective health education practices. Each of the course modules below focuses on one important aspect of health education. The modules are set up to be viewed sequentially; however, they are self-contained, meaning there is flexibility to review the modules individually at your leisure. Information on receiving a certificate for hours completion of the modules can be found in the "Course Contact Hours Certificate of Completion" module. Modules have been created by Colorado health educators with support from the Colorado Education Initiative, and funding from the Colorado Health Foundation. If you have questions or feedback regarding the course or modules feel free to contact hurley_j@cde.state.co.
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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.-
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?