The Second Edition of Skills-Based Health Education provides pre-service and practicing teachers with the pedagogical foundation and tools to develop a comprehensive PreK-12 health education program using the National Health Education Standards. It takes each standard by grade span, provides scenarios based on research to explain the skill, and then provides a step-by-step approach to planning assessment and instruction. Early chapters connect skills-based health education to coordinated school health and the national initiatives of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Healthy People 2020, The Whole Child, and 21st Century Skills. The remaining chapters provide guidance to plan implement, and assess performance tasks. Readers are shown how to establish student needs, select content and skill performance indicators to meet those needs, and plan and implement assessment and instructions.

The Dimensions of Physical Education is an all-in-one reader that addresses important issues in physical, health, and sport education. The text assists students in learning the designated content by providing reader-friendly, scholarly articles and letters that discuss the real issues in the field. Instructors are encouraged to use the articles to challenge students to think about how all of the dimensions of physical and health education connect to each other. The format of the text allows instructors to select and teach the content of the chapters in any order that meets the needs of their students and courses. Topics Covered include: The significance of physical education Effective teaching methods Means of motivating students Character education Assessment measurements Technology Gender issues & diversity Professional development Service-learning Adapted PE

The Essentials of Teaching Health Education, Second Edition, presents a skills-based approach to teaching K-12 health education, offering practical strategies for curriculum design and program development and an individualized approach to student learning. Its ancillaries facilitate the learning

Dynamic Physical Education for Elementary School Children, with more than one million copies sold, returns stronger than ever in its 19th edition. Preservice and in-service elementary teachers will learn to deliver quality, effective, and student-friendly physical education by introducing foundational skills, sport skills, and lifetime activities as well as helping children learn to have fun and be responsible in physical activity settings.

trong communications skills are essential for dietitians who want to help patients improve their nutrition and eating habits. The authors offer a variety of strategies readers can use to strengthen these skills, along with practical advice on vital topics such as nutrition counseling and behavior modification. New chapters in the Third Edition address key aspects of multicultural counseling and counseling throughout the life span; planning, selecting and using media; and principles and theories of learning and nutrition counseling