{"product_id":"core-teaching-practices-for-health-education","title":"Core Teaching Practices for Health Education","description":"Core practices-content-specific practices that offer strategies to support student learning-are common in many subject areas but have been curiously missing for health educators . . . until now.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCore Teaching Practices for Health Education\u003c\/i\u003e is a compact and precise book that serves up effective core teaching practices for preservice and practicing health educators as well as for health teacher educators. Teachers can apply the evidence-based practical tips and strategies the minute they step into their classrooms; even veteran instructors will discover new teaching tactics that will be useful.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCore Teaching Practices for Health Education\u003c\/i\u003e offers the following: \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Twenty-first-century teaching skills that are specific to health education \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Practices that are highly transferable across the spectrum of health education and applicable across grade levels \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Fifteen concise and practical chapters, each of which details a core practice in action, explains the practice, gives additional examples of the practice, and provides clear guidance on how to use the practice in health classrooms \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGreat Prep for Teaching Assessments Such as the edTPA\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The text is a great resource for aspiring teachers as they embark on their student teaching semester and as they prepare for teaching assessments such as the edTPA, increasingly required in many states. They will learn how to design lesson plans, unit plans, and complete health education curricula to effectively teach health concepts and skills; this directly relates to the video portion of the edTPA. In addition, the book’s final two chapters directly relate to the Analyzing Teaching portion of the edTPA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIdeal for Preparing Curriculum\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In addition, \u003ci\u003eCore Teaching Practices for Health Education\u003c\/i\u003e is ideal for teachers who are charged with creating health curricula for middle and high school programs-and for other teachers who are thrust into the role of health educators with little or no health education background.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBook Organization\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCore Teaching Practices for Health Education\u003c\/i\u003e is organized into three parts. \u003cb\u003ePart I\u003c\/b\u003e introduces the idea of core practices and focuses on planning to teach health education (e.g., big ideas, enduring understandings, essential questions, sequencing health content, assessment). \u003cb\u003ePart II\u003c\/b\u003e explores the pedagogy of health education, including organizational routines and procedures, building a safe and caring environment that is focused on learning, and adapting instruction to meet the needs of students. \u003cb\u003ePart III\u003c\/b\u003e guides readers through reflective practices on teaching and lesson improvement. Each core practice has its own chapter.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerfect Companion Text\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This affordable guide is an excellent companion to foundational texts on teaching health education and edTPA preparation.\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003ePreservice teachers, current teachers, and health teacher educators will find \u003ci\u003eCore Teaching Practices for Health Education\u003c\/i\u003e to be of lasting value as they use the book’s health-education-specific teaching practices to improve teaching and learning.","brand":"Phillip Ward","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":37309507469461,"sku":"9781492597810","price":35.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0308\/2292\/4420\/files\/9781492597810.jpg?v=1783408487","url":"https:\/\/human-kinetics-2020.myshopify.com\/products\/core-teaching-practices-for-health-education","provider":"Human Kinetics Europe","version":"1.0","type":"link"}