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Health Education Integration

CDE Office of Standards and Instructional Support

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Health Concepts

Health Skills

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Approaches to Integration

Integration of Health Concepts

Integration of Health Skills

Integration of Health Concepts and Skills

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Integration of Health Concepts

Considerations	Content	Concepts Examples
Manageable for teachers Teaches functional knowledge Aligns with health content and specific content standards Does not allow for skills development or practice May not contribute to changing behavior	Science	Structure and Function and Puberty
	Social Studies	Violence Prevention and Civics
	Reading, Writing and Communicating	Use fiction and non-fiction text to explore health topics
	Mathematics	Analyzing data to determine risks of drug use.
	Arts	Express feelings, Draw a healthy plate.
	Physical Education	Teach about the aspects of health and physical activity

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Students will comprehend concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention to enhance health.

Students will analyze the influence of family, peers, culture, media, technology and other factors on health behaviors.

Students will demonstrate the ability to access valid information and products and services to enhance health.

Students will demonstrate the ability to use interpersonal communication skills to enhance health and avoid or reduce health risks.

Students will demonstrate the ability to use decision-making skills to enhance health.

Students will demonstrate the ability to use goal-setting skills to enhance health.

Students will demonstrate the ability to practice health-enhancing behaviors and avoid or reduce risks.

Students will demonstrate the ability to advocate for personal, family and community health.

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Integration of Health Concepts and Skills

Considerations
This approach is aligned to a specific behavioral outcome In this approach teachers are still teaching the key content of the subject area. Teaching concepts and skills are part of the integration. Teaches functional knowledge and health skills Allows opportunities to practices health education skills Requires more time.

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Integration of Health Concepts and Skills

Content	Concepts Examples	Skills Examples
Science	Structure and Function and Puberty	Identifying valid and reliable sources of information related to puberty
Social Studies	Violence and Civics	Identify a trusted adult and practice effective communication skills
Reading, Writing and Communicating	Use fiction and non-fiction text to explore health topics	Use fiction and non-fiction text to explore health topics and practice decision making and refusal skills
Mathematics	Analyzing data to determine risks of drug use.	Practice refusal skills
Arts	Express feelings, Draw a healthy plate.	Demonstrate how to communicate a request for healthy foods.
Physical Education	Aspects of health and physical activity	Set a goal based on a specific aspect of your health

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Integration of Health Skills

Considerations	Content	Concepts Examples
In this approach teachers are still teaching the key content of the subject area. Teaching and practicing skills are a key focus. Health concepts/functional knowledge are minimal Requires more time	Science	Use scientific data to make a decision
	Social Studies	Analyze the factors that influenced a historical event
	Reading, Writing and Communicating	Explore decision making and outcomes in a non-fiction text Practice effective communication skills
	Mathematics	Analyze mathematic data to and advocate for change
	Arts	Analyze factors that influence an artists artwork
	Physical Education	Use decision making in during team play

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Health Skills Integration Across Content

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What do you think?

Reading, Writing, and Communicating
Social Studies
Science
Mathematics

When exploring integration of health skills into other contents, what contents have the clearest connection?

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Social Studies

When looking are health skills social studies has the clearest connection due to the focus on analyzing influences, decision making, accessing valid information, and the financial literacy that focuses on setting goals.

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Social Studies

Mathematics

Science

Health

ELA

Physical Education

Arts

Computer Science

Other

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Content	Concepts Examples	Skills Examples
Reading, Writing and	Reading Comprehension	Fiction Texts Use as a framework to explore plot development and decisions that a character makes Stop and reflect with students to debrief the decision made. How might the outcome change with a different decision? Non-Fiction Students read multiple text to make a healthy decision

Integration of Health Skills Decision Making

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Content	Connection	Skills Examples
Social Studies	Using Primary Sources	Students can explore primary source documents for a historical event and determine how a decision was made then explore other options and potential outcomes.
	Building Perspectives	Students group up and use a decision-making model taking on three different perspectives from a historical event. Students brainstorm options, outcomes and make a decision and then reflect on how it would impact them and others.

Integration of Health Skills Decision Making

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Content	Connection	Skills Examples
Science	Analyzing data	Student collect data on current weather (temperature, wind speed, barometric pressure, humidity). Students then use a decision making model to determine if they should take a jacket out to recess? They need to use data do support their decision.
	Scientific Method	Student use a decision making model to identify a data collection process

Integration of Health Skills Decision Making

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Content	Connection	Skills Examples
Physical Education	Strategy	In basketball stop the game have the student with the ball us a decision making model to identify options (shoot, pass, or dribble). Then process the potential outcomes.
	Strategy	Use a decision making model to determine what how a defensive player should position based on the offense.
	Physical Fitness	Share images of various places (rural, backyard, playground). Students analyze the pictures and use as decision making model to identify what components of fitness they could complete in each setting.

Integration of Health Skills Decision Making

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Content	Connection	Skills Examples
Science	Scientific method/phenomena	When exploring a science phenomena, students can explore the ideas of internal and external influences and how they may impact the phenomena
Social Studies	Historical events	Analyze factors influence a historical event?
Reading, Writing and Communicating	Reading Comprehension	Analyze the factors that influence a character in a text and give textual examples
Mathematics	Mathematical Thinking	Analyze that factors that might influence Decision to use a specific mathematical approach to solve a word problem
Arts	Historical	Analyze internal and external influences on an artist and their artwork
Physical Education	Physical Activity	Analyze the factors that influence physical activity or sports you choose to participate in

Integration of Health Skills Analyzing Influences

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Other Approaches to Integration

Multidisciplinary Approach (Parallel/Theme-Based)

Interdisciplinary Approach (Cross Content Integration)

Transdisciplinary Approach (Student Centered)

It’s mixed fruit salad: Explore a topic from multiple course perspectives: Violence Prevention, Social Emotional in social studies, RWC, Math.

It’s a stew: Explore a topic within one discipline from multiple content areas

It’s a cake: Explore a topic from across and beyond disciplines, eliminating boundaries, shared approach to inquiry.

Based on Alison Yang definition: https://alisonyang.weebly.com/myp-interdisciplinary-unit.html

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Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child Approach

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Building a Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child Approach to Skills

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CHAT: Share a skill and a connection to the WSCC model.

Administrators

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Content and Skills Development Progression

Introduction

Explain the purpose of the skill/strategy and how it will benefit their lives
Introduce functional knowledge that will lead towards mastery of the skill/strategy
Provide a step by step overview of the skill/strategy
Model the skill
Provide scenarios and examples for student to analyze and practice

Reinforcement/Practice

Review the steps of the skill
Provide students with opportunities to practice the skill
Provide constructive feedback to students related to the skill
Re-teach for misconception or areas of trouble

Mastery/Proficiency

Provide students with challenging opportunities to practice the skill/strategy (build self efficacy in using the skill)
Provide reinforcement in other school settings/subject areas
Provide opportunities for self-reflection; personal application; opportunities for students to make it their own when using the skill/strategy

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Teaching Role Play Progression

Step 1: Introduce the Skill and Teach the Steps or Strategies

Step 2: Model the Skill Steps or Strategies (Relevant, Real Life)

Step 3: Practice the Skill or Strategy (Relevant, Real Life)

Step:4 Provide Feedback and Reinforcement

Step 5: Processing / Reflection

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For more Information Contact�Jamie Hurley�Hurley_j@cde.state.co.us

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