Fit to Teach Fit to Learn Building Health
Fit to Teach – Fit to Learn Building Health Literacy in our students, ourselves, and our schools L. A. Emendorfer , and C. A. Mc. Cabe Department of Health and Human Performance University of Wisconsin – Platteville
Importance for the K-12 Learner § Things we all know…∆ § Things we are hoping happen in their nonschool environments § Things we might have to support before and beyond the school day
Determinants of Health Care 19% 10% Environment & Social Heredity- human biology 51% Lifestyle Choices 20%
Hierarchy of Skills Basic/functional literacy – to function in everyday situations by using basic math, reading, and writing skills Communicative/interactive literacy - to communicate and transfer meaning to new situations by using advanced cognitive, literacy, and social skills Critical literacy - to critically analyze information and use it to control our actions empowerment
Importance for the K-12 Educator All Educators § Things we all know… § Things we are hoping happen in their nonhealth class, school environments. § Things we might have to support before and beyond the school day for our teaching peers.
Resources Available § Health and Academic Achievement - CDC § School Connectedness – CDC § County Health Rankings & Roadmaps – Robert Wood Johnson Foundation § Tools and Training Site - CDC
Engagement Beyond Our Health Classrooms § Reading/Language Arts § Mathematics § Science § Social Sciences ID Matrix: T-P-S handout
Your definition…
Reading/Language Arts Elementary Level Reading § HEAP – book template resource - example § OTC Medicine - Scholastic e. Flip book Middle Level Reading and Writing, Media § Old Story, New Ending § Health Mad-libs § Lyric Research Secondary Reading, Writing, Performing § Advocacy in Action – World Population Video Contest § Web. Quest - http: //seminarpopulation. weebly. com/ back
Mathematics Elementary Level § Serving Recommendations § Tracking and Consumption of Different Foods – Trick or Treat Walk Middle Level § Assessing Nutrient Density of Foods § Analyzing Your “Health Numbers” § Medicine and Dosing § Cost of Tobacco Use / Alcohol Use / Parenting Secondary Level § Costs of Health Care – example worksheet § Analysis of Our Carbon Footprints back
Science Freshman Biology The basics of the study of life as well as societal implications of recent discoveries in biology. § How do we weave personal health into this course? § Your Brain and Alcohol Principles of Engineering Exposure to case studies, concepts, principles, skills, techniques and attitudes involved with engineering. § Great place to begin students thinking about the design of healthy communities. § Design Your Own Community back
Social Sciences Elementary Level § Practicing socially acceptable behaviors. § The Power of Green § On-line Safety Middle Level § Researching the social and historical context of “health” on national and global levels. § Historical Time-lines – Public Health § Exploring Values - Breaking Barriers Secondary Level § Analyze culture, community, and career influences on health choices - A Day’s Worth of Food back
What is Your Role? § What will you do to identify and correct the gaps in health literacy within your school or district? § How will you advocate for an interdisciplinary approach to bolster the health literacy of your students and community? § How will you model positive health behaviors?
T-P-S and Questions Think-Pair-Share – what have you come up with in your ID Matrix? Questions for Lisa and Colleen - …? Thank you
Main Resources Reading/Language Arts § HEAP – http: //heaphealthliteracy. com/ § Scholastic - http: //www. scholastic. com/home/ Mathematics § Health and Math – http: //www. pbslearningmedia. org/ Science § TIME - http: //content. time. com/time/photogallery/0, 29307, 2037749, 00. html Social Sciences § Southeast Public Health Training Center -http: //www. sphtc. org/timeline. html Jacobs, H. H. (1989). The growing need for interdisciplinary curriculum content. In H. H. Jacobs (Ed. ), Interdisciplinary curriculum: Design and implementation (1 -11). Alexandria, VA: ASCD. Marzano, R. J. (1991). Fostering thinking across the curriculum through knowledge restructuring. Journal of Reading, 34(7), 518 -525. Perkins, D. N. (1991). Educating for insight. Educational Leadership, 49(2), 4 -8. Mc Cabe, C. A. (2010). Trick or Treat Walk Kolterman, K. (2013). Insurance Math Worksheet Brown, K. (2011), Book Template – Don’t Be a Bully Billy
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