K-12 School Wellness Education

By (author) Randy Nichols,Hannah Holl

ISBN13: 9781718218406

Imprint: Human Kinetics

Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers

Format: Paperback / softback

Published: 22/08/2025

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Description
Health education and physical education teachers are the champions of wellness in schools, but often health and physical activity are taught separately in the K-12 environment. The School Wellness Education (SWE) model is a unique approach that teaches students why physical activity benefits their well-being to holistically influence students toward healthy lifestyles. K-12 School Wellness Education prepares future physical education teachers with strategies to use a whole school approach to promote health, wellness, and fitness. Authors Hannah Holl and Randy Nichols, the educators who developed the SWE model, have based K-12 School Wellness Education on the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child (WSCC) model and aligned the content with SHAPE America’s most recent National Physical Education Standards. The text incorporates traditional areas of games, sports, and fitness performance and, more importantly, focuses on why physical activity matters. Units are not based on games or fitness activities but are instead focused on the National Physical Education Standards and the five components of Living Well: nutrition, social and emotional wellness, the human body and responses to physical activity, health-related fitness, and injury prevention and safety. The Living Well focus helps elementary, middle school, and high school students progress along their physical literacy journey and health literacy journey. It demonstrates for students how a physically active lifestyle is associated with wellness, disease prevention, and an overall improved quality of life. K-12 School Wellness Education offers physical education teacher education (PETE) students and in-service teachers the following: Information on how SWE (and its related evidence-based research) differs from other models Curriculum development tools such as templates for unit plans, unit storyboards, and lesson plans K-12 grade-level benchmarks to measure student progress on their physical and health literacy journeys Over 30 success stories and leadership examples to guide strategies for collaboration, garner administrative support, and create a culture of wellness in schools Special features such as learning objectives, key term lists, sidebars, and chapter wrap-up sections to support reader comprehension K-12 School Wellness Education prepares future educators and current physical education teachers to take a school wellness approach by integrating physical activity and well-being into their program at every instructional level.
Chapter 1. Well-Being Through Physical Education Lead With Why Acknowledge the Current State of Well-Being in Society Shift to Individualized Education and Learning Provide Something Needed by Society Become an Effective School Wellness Educator Chapter 2. School Wellness Education Model Whole School Living Well Self-Empowerment Chapter 3. Unit Planning Create a Program Goal Statement Utilize a Backward Design Approach Plan the Unit Storyboard Chapter 4. Lesson Planning Part 1: Establish the Lesson Goal Statement and Scope Part 2: Plan the Resources, Steps and Sequences, and Assessment Part 3: Design the Living Well Moment Part 4: Plan the Physical Activity Education Delivery Part 5: Set the Closure and Assessment Components Chapter 5. School Wellness Education at the Elementary Level Whole School Connections Living Well Focus Self-Empowerment Strategies Lesson Planning Chapter 6. School Wellness Education at the Middle School Level Whole School Connections Living Well Focus Self-Empowerment Strategies Lesson Planning Chapter 7. School Wellness Education at the High School Level Whole School Connections Living Well Focus Self-Empowerment Strategies Lesson Planning Chapter 8. Creating a Well Future Patricia Kardambikis, PhD The Administrator’s Role in School Wellness Education Strategies for Creating School Wellness Policies and Programs School Wellness Committee Leadership and Controversy Case Studies Chapter 9. School Wellness Education Success Stories Chapter 10. School Wellness Education Leadership and Partnerships Appendix A. The Five Components of Living Well by Grade Level Appendix B. Unit Storyboards
  • Teaching of a specific subject
  • Sport science, physical education
  • Personal & social issues: sex education & the facts of life (Children's / Teenage)
  • Tertiary Education (US: College)
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