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Latest Publication :“I thought it would just be about healthy eating and exercise”: What we can learn about school health education from students and its implications for teaching the new national curriculum
This paper was presented at the Australian Council of Health, Physical Education and Recreation (ACHPER) 2015 International Conference in Adelaide. It reports on a research study into pre-service teacher's reflective learning in a university health education subject conducted by myself, Dr Samantha Schulz and Dr Grant Banfield.
Abstract:
The knowledge and experience students bring of health to university is strongly shaped by societal constructions of health and healthy behaviours. This happens through interactions with family, media, and the community, but is also highly impacted by the work of schooling, or the reproduction of societal values surrounding health by schools. This paper explores the challenges of teaching health literacy to post-secondary students who come to universityhealth education with a highly individualised (and thus narrow) view of health. It reports on research involving a first year health education topic at a metropolitan Australian university, and the challenges facing students who are grappling to comprehend a social view of health. Data from the research is analysed to uncover how previous health education impacts upon students’ ability to think in health literate (i.e. socially critical) ways. This analysis seeks to further our knowledge about the understandings of health with which students come to higher education, and how their previous health education continues to shape their health literacy. Implications for health educators implementing the new national curriculum in primary and secondary schools, as well as those working in pre-service teacher education, are discussed.
Keywords: Health education, HPE curriculum, teacher education, health literacy, critical
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Here is the link to the full conference proceedings and the above paper is found on page 148.
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