WGU C367 Elementary Physical Education and Health Methods Graded A

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WGU C367 Elementary Physical Education and Health Methods Graded A Internal locus of control ✔✔Students see themselves as being in control & improving their quality of life. External locus of control ✔✔Where an individual believes that they cannot control many factors that contribute to higher level of wellness. Self-efficacy ✔✔Belief in one's ability to accomplish a specific task or behavior. Health Education ✔✔"Continuum of learning which enables people, as individual members of social structures, to voluntarily make decisions, modify, and manage social conditions in ways which are health enhancing" Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE) ✔✔Health education is "any combination of learning experiences that promote voluntary actions and informed decisions conducive to health" SOPHE ✔✔Is "concerned with the health behavior of individuals and with the living and working conditions that influence their health" Health Education in Elementary school ✔✔From teacher's perspective, health education is the process of developing and providing planned learning experiences in such a way as to supply information, change attitudes, and influence behavior health promotion: Michael O'Donnell, editor of American Journal of Public Health ✔✔"any combination of health education, and related organizational, political, and economic intervention designed to facilitate behavioral and environmental changes conducive to health" (National Center for Health Fitness 2006). Process of Health Education should: ✔✔Result in children developing a sense of individual responsibility for their health, leading to health enhancement or high-level wellness. As part of this process, a child should develop assertiveness, decision-making skills, self-esteem, selfconfidence, and a sense that he or she can achieve success not only in health-related matters, but also in life in general. Components of Health Education ✔✔• assume responsibility for health, care and actively participate with a medical professional in the decision-making process. • respect the benefits of medical technology, tests & equipment, but question medical professionals on their use of the technology. • try new behaviors and modify others. • skeptical of health fads & trends. • ask questions, seek evidence, and evaluate information regarding health matters. • strive for self-reliance in personal health matters. • voluntarily adopt practices consistent with a healthy lifestyle. Health Promotion ✔✔Any combination of health education, & related organizational, political, and economic intervention designed to facilitate behavioral and environmental changes conducive to health. Healthful school environment ✔✔Physical and emotional environment of the classroom. School health instruction ✔✔Planned, sequential instruction taught by qualified, trained teachers. School health services ✔✔Services that help students, faculty, and staff to appraise, protect, and promote health.

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