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| Jennifer Fane - ACHPER SA conference |
I was invited to present at the 2013 ACHPER (Australian Council for Health, Physical Education and Recreation) Primary Years Conference happening at Flinders University today and delivered a presentation on Strength-Based Approaches to Health Education. It was my first time using Prezi, a cloud based presentation soft ware, but I found the non linear presentation style quite helpful for examining issues in Health Education. The photo above is a screen shot of my presentation, the following is a link for anyone interested.
While Health Education seems to have a hard time finding its rightful place along side Physical Education, there is such a need to expand the practices, beliefs, and knowledge of Health Education in schools past physical activity and health eating. This presentation seeks to engage educators in looking at health socially, recognizing the barriers facing students and families, and making structural and institutional changes to the way in which schools model, teach, and represent health and well-being.
It's been a pleasure working with ACHPER and fostering ties between Flinders University and the greater educational community in Adelaide and South Australia. I may have traded in my kindergarten classroom for a lecture theater, but I feel that maintaining strong ties between my work and my background in primary education and schools is an essential piece of my role here in the school of education.
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