FitnessProsBooks.com - Comprehensive School Health Education

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Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 613.0712 EAN: 9780073404622 ISBN: 0073404624 Label: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 1056 Publication Date: 2008-01-03 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages Studio: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
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Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Great Condition... no complaints Comment: This is a wonderful book full of great information. I received it quickly and in new condition. Customer Rating: Summary: Comprehensive Health Education Comment: 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. Customer Rating: Summary: Comprehensive School Health Education Comment: Good coursebook. Very informative and filled with various samples and examples. However, it bordered on too much information and repetitious. Customer Rating: Summary: Not as good as it could be.... Comment: 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. More Reviews
Editorial Reviews: A market leader, this book continues to be the most thorough text and resource for preparing elementary-, middle-, and secondary-school teachers to teach health. Students who use this text in a methods class keep it as a reference for student-teaching and throughout their teaching career. 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 skills they need to become health-literate, to maintain and improve their health, to prevent disease, and to reduce risky health-related behaviors.