A market leader, this book continues to be the most thorough text and resource for preparing elementary-, middle-, and secondary-school teachers to teach health. Students who use this text in a methods class keep it as a reference for student-teaching and throughout their teaching career. They rely on the practical strategies and methods that the book provides, as well as on its comprehensive Curriculum Guide: an organized, sequential K-12 plan for teaching students the information and skills they need to become health-literate, to maintain and improve their health, to prevent disease, and to reduce risky health-related behaviors.
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Linda Meeks and Philip Heit are emeritus professors of Health Education in the College of Education at The Ohio State University. Linda and Philip previously owned Meeks Heit Publishing, a publishing company that specialized in producing health education textbooks, video, CD-ROM, and multimedia programs for grades K-12 and college. Linda and Philip sold Meeks Heit Publishing Company and the McGraw-Hill Companies acquired their product line and works closely with them. Linda and Philip remain actively involved in the health education profession, continuing to write textbooks. To date, they have co-authored more than 250 different health education textbooks that are used by millions of students preschool through college. They have recently produced new editions of Totally Awesome® Health K–8 and Health and Wellness 9–12. Linda and Philip continue to assist state departments of education and as well as thousands of school districts, develop comprehensive school health education curricula and implement the National Health Education Standards. Their textbooks and other materials continue to be used throughout the United States as well as in Canada, Japan, Mexico, England, Puerto Rico, Spain, Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Bermuda, and the Virgin Islands. During the years they taught at The Ohio State University, Linda and Philip taught thousands of teachers, school administrators, and allied health professionals in how to teach health and communicate with children and parents on relevant health issues. During this time, Randy Page joined the faculty and taught with Linda and Philip. Linda, Philip, and Randy continued to collaborate when Randy left and joined the faculty at The University of Idaho as Professor of Health Education. Randy has written more than 70 journal articles and consulted on research projects with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. They have collaborated on Comprehensive School Health Education: Totally Awesome Strategies for Teaching Health®; Drugs, Alcohol, and Tobacco: Totally Awesome® Strategies®; and Violence Prevention: Totally Awesome® Teaching Strategies for Safe and Drug-Free Schools.
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19 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
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Not as good as it could be....,
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This review is from: Comprehensive School Health Education (Paperback)
There are several lesson plans in the back of the book which will be very helpful to a future teacher. However, I was uncomfortable with some of the verbal content within the main structure of this book. It seems to me that the general atmosphere within the book is rather conservative in nature.
1. Some of the extremely conservative overtones within the text can be exemplified below: a. "In a healthful family, parents or guardians teach their children that sex and love belong together in a committed marriage. The children learn that sex belongs in marriage and to practice delayed gratification." (p. 145) b. "Children learn that it is not appropriate to be sexually active in their teenage years." (p. 144) 2. Another thing that bothers me is the efforts they have made to include females actually ends up creating negative stereotypes. I guess it's not PC to say "his" to inclusively mean everyone. So rather than say his/her, this books often just says "her". This usage of "her" makes me feel as though the "hims" are not included. What's worse, are when they do the following (these are listed under suicide prevention strategies): a. "Try to determine what the source of the depression is. Help the person make a list of her strengths and the positive aspects of her life. This person should decide on a plan of action that will relieve her depressed feelings." (p.137) b. "Rewarding activities provide an opportunity to be productive. The person's self-esteem will be raised, and he will feel rewarded."(p. 137) 3. The beginning of this chapter, Family and Social Health lists the following goals: (p.142) 11. I will develop healthful family relationships 12. I will work to improve difficult family relationships 13. I will make healthful adjustments to family changes 14. I will develop healthy friendships 15. I will develop dating skills 16. I will practice abstinence from sex 17. I will recognize harmful relationships 18. I will develop skills to prepare for marriage 19. I will develop skills to prepare for parenthood 20. I will practice abstinence from sex to avoid the risks of teen marriage and parenthood Optional Health Goal: I will learn facts about birth control methods. These are just a few examples of the overall tone of the book.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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the text book is fine in terms of coving it's less controversial subject material, however, when i reached about halfway through the book, its political leanings became apparent. normally i would not mind, except that in this case it get in the way of teaching the material. for example in the chapters about safe sex, the entire chapter is devoted to abstinence, with absolutely no mention of contraception whatsoever. this is the 21st century, and contraceptives exist, and pretending that they don't will not make them go away. in this respect the book is biased, and almost dishonest in its subject matter.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Comprehensive School Health Education,
This review is from: Comprehensive School Health Education (Paperback)
Good coursebook. Very informative and filled with various samples and examples. However, it bordered on too much information and
repetitious.
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