A reminder that the blogs/reading logs are due next week. You should have 9 entries after the introductory posting. Please e-mail me your total blog/log in one Word document. Besides your feedback for the groups, please share some of your thoughts on how your Personal Health Plan went this semester; i.e., your successes, any challenges, and how you might implement this activity in an educational setting.
Presentation #4 (Social Determinants of health): I thought it was really interesting that you tailored your presentation to university students. In the education classes I’ve taken here, we’ve been taught about these issues a few times, but never in quite the same format- it was quite interesting to learn. You mentioned giving this lesson to high school students as well, and I wonder if there is anything you would change if you were to offer it to high school students instead (aside from the level of activism)? I thought it was a great presentation and very informative!
ReplyDeleteI found this topic very interesting not only because it was a lesson plan for university students but also because I am a Health Sciences student and there has always been a lot of emphasis on SDoH. I liked that it was geared towards EDUC students/people who want to get their PDP because it is important to realize the potential in upstream/downstream effects in health and well-being.
ReplyDeleteGreat job on your presentation as your group picked a very interesting topic. I really liked the power point slides that you guys did because it was great visual aid to have for students that learn best through seeing examples and slides like your group did. I also liked the idea of your sign that you had around the neck which showed us if you were speaking to us from a professor/teacher perspective or to our education class. I found that to be a clever idea. What was really interesting during your lesson was how you can relate your topic to subjects that are taught at the high school level. It demonstrates that your topic is well diverse and that it can be applied at any subject level. The only thing that I didn’t understand that well was the activity handout you gave us. At the time it looked confusing but once I took it home and re-read again, it started to make sense. Overall, your group did a good job presenting on a very noteworthy topic.
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ReplyDeleteHow I would implement personal health plans in a school setting:
Personal health plans could be incorporated into the school setting in a number of ways. You could incorporate a goal for the class, such as having an elementary school class challenge students to have at least one serving of a vegetable and one serving of a fruit in each student’s lunch. The plans could be written in English, PE or CAPP classes in high schools. You could even do a health/fitness club after school. My high school has a girl’s fitness club after school and it was a great bonding and learning experience.
Ideally, there are four important things I would consider when doing personal health plans in schools. First, it is important to have individual plans so that students have personalized plans that will meet their needs. This is important because students will have different levels of fitness and different goals. Second, I would facilitate groups to work together to achieve similar goals. This could be done with regular group meetings, setting up weekly runs, or other activities that gave students the chance to be active or regularly talk about their health plans. This would create support for students while they are trying to meet their health goals. As a teacher, I would also ensure that the personal health plans are taught in a way that emphasizes the promotion of healthy, realistic goal-setting. This is imperative to prevent unhealthy behaviours (i.e. not eating enough food) and to ensure students have a respectful relationship with their bodies. This would likely require one-on-one assessment and support for all students (i.e. discussing journal entries or progress reports with students). I would likely require students to come up with a ‘mentality’ goal like I did my personal health plan. This would serve as the foundation in which they would set their goals and try to achieve them. This combination of individual goals, group support, and healthy, realistic goal setting would ensure personal health plan projects in school are successful.
This was a very informative lesson plan based on a topic I did not know too much about. Overall the power point slides and handout that was given was visually very pleasing and as mentioned earlier by Ryan, many people learn best by seeing examples. It would have been nice to have time to do an activity as a class rather than taking the handout home and doing it ourselves. I know we were short of time but rather than explaining why and how you chose to do each activity throughout the whole presentation with the name tags and switching roles, it may have been easier to do the explaining in the beginning or at the end. At times, I was overwhelmed and a bit confused. However, the target of students focusing on high school level was good idea as it is an important and interesting topic. Good job!
ReplyDeleteThis was a very informative presentation. I liked how you posed it to be towards university students and potentially even high school students because I feel it's important to focus on the different economic and social conditions which students live under that determine the status of their health. The handout was informative and well-thought out. I did however think you could have engaged the class in an activity that would have kindled a discussion on the topic. All in all, great job guys!
ReplyDeleteThis was a great topic as there are so many super interesting discussions that can arise from talking and thinking about SDOH in the classroom. Its interesting to not only discuss the facts and ramifications that surround issues that affect SDOH but also to ask students to think critically issues that affect on a global scale not just from the perspective of the individual
ReplyDeletegood job and well presented- super clear ideas