Comprehensive School Health Education: Totally Awesome Strategies For Teaching Health

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18 October 2010

Comprehensive School Health Education: Totally Awesome Strategies For Teaching Health

A market leader, this book continues to be the most thorough text and resource for preparing elementary-, middle-, and secondary-school instructors to teach health. Students who use this text in a methods class keep it both as a reference for student-teaching and throughout their teaching careers. 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

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Price: $ 93.58

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  1. Mindelei Wuori October 18, 2010 at 4:35 am

    Review by Mindelei Wuori for Comprehensive School Health Education: Totally Awesome Strategies For Teaching Health
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    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.

  2. Marlene Alhandy October 18, 2010 at 4:54 am

    Review by Marlene Alhandy for Comprehensive School Health Education: Totally Awesome Strategies For Teaching Health
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    Good coursebook. Very informative and filled with various samples and examples. However, it bordered on too much information and

    repetitious.

  3. Dan Weingart October 18, 2010 at 5:14 am

    Review by Dan Weingart for Comprehensive School Health Education: Totally Awesome Strategies For Teaching Health
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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.

  4. M. Litton October 18, 2010 at 5:22 am

    Review by M. Litton for Comprehensive School Health Education: Totally Awesome Strategies For Teaching Health
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    I had to order this book for a class, but I found it to be extremely educational and interesting. I would recommend it to any teacher or parent as a reference and an excellent resource for information on issues regarding physical, emotional, and social health. This book contains detailed information about many physical illnesses and mental disorders, and allows a teacher or parent to analyze any symptoms a child may have. Some of these disorders include Cancer, STDs, AIDS, ADD, ADHD, Social Anxiety Disorder, OCD, etc. The book also give wonderful guidelines for teaching children how to communicate and use good decision making skills. It is a great book.

  5. Maria Spina October 18, 2010 at 5:26 am

    Review by Maria Spina for Comprehensive School Health Education: Totally Awesome Strategies For Teaching Health
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    The Comprehensive School Health Education book is an awesome tool for learning health strategies. I received the book in a promptly manner and it was in great conditions. I highly recommend it! Thanks.

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