Health promotion at school : [electronic resource] pedagogical aspects and practical implications / Elke Knisel.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of contributing authors -- Foreword: The Health(a)ware Project -- 1 Health(a)wareness / Knisel, Elke -- 2 Pedagogical and Didactical Frameworks -- 2.1 Health Literacy and Physical Education / Knisel, Elke -- 2.2 Health Literacy as a Central Professional Competency in Teachers / Kleiner, Konrad -- 2.3 Physical Activity and Health / Bronikowski, Michal -- 2.4 Didactical Concept and Methodology / Kleiner, Konrad -- 3 Teaching Examples -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Body and Environment Module / Ketelhut, Kerstin / Laudanska-Krzminska, Ida / Kantanista, Adam / Bronikowska, Malgorzata / Ciekot, Monika / Martínkovà, Irena Parry / Prill, Markus / Desaive, Christiane -- 3.3 Body and Time Module / Kleiner, Konrad / Martínkova, Irena Parry / Lenz, Elisabeth / Walter, Annette -- 3.4 Body and Measurement Module / Cañada, David / Gonzáles Gross, Marcela / Kantanista, Adam / Laudanska-Krzeminska, Ida / Bronikowska, Malgorzata / Ciekot, Monika / Lenz, Elisabeth / Simon, Dorit -- 3.5 Body and Bodies Module / Kleiner, Konrad / Lenz, Elisabeth / Bronikowska, Malgorzata / Kantanista, Adam / Ciekot, Monika / Laudanska-Krzeminska, Ida / Cabrera Rivas, Carmen / Erdmann, Ralf / Parry Martínkova, Irena

For decades the health of children and adolescents has been a topic of interest in all parts of Europe. And there is quite a consensus that schools are the most appropriate setting to promote health. Childhood and adolescence constitute key stages for learning and adopting a health-related and active lifestyle which includes physical activity and sports. The book describes a new approach to enhance students` health awareness through experimental learning settings in P.E. class, cross-subject teaching, and project work.Teaching health topics requires a pedagogical and didactical framework based on the concept of health literacy and interdisciplinary research discussed by the authors. Teaching examples to improve students` health knowledge, health competencies and skills as well as health behaviour and habits at school implicates a new teaching structure presented in the book.