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Understanding Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education in Secondary Schools
First Edition
- Jenny McWhirter
- Nick Boddington - PSHE Association
- Jenny Barksfield - PSHE Association
Other Titles in:
Health Education in Schools | Secondary Professional Studies | Secondary Teacher Training
Health Education in Schools | Secondary Professional Studies | Secondary Teacher Training
October 2016 | 336 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd
This book provides an overview essential for a proper understanding of effective approaches to PSHE education in secondary education and the valuable role it can play in promoting the health and wellbeing of adolescents.
Coverage includes:
- The importance and scope of PSHE education
- The theory and research evidence for effective practice in the secondary school
- School structures which support effective teaching and learning in PSHE education
- Assessment for, and of, learning in PSHE education
- The role of visiting experts in PSHE education
- Overlaps with pastoral and therapeutic support
Introduction
Part 1
Understanding adolescent development
Theory, evidence and practical approaches to effective teaching and learning in PSHE education
The organisation of PSHE education in the curriculum
Starting 'where young people are': planning learning in PSHE education
Assessment learning in PSHE education
Part 2
Understanding risk during adolescence
Understanding the role of PSHE in promoting mental health and emotional wellbeing
Understanding drug education within PSHE education
Understanding relationships and sex education (RSE) within PSHE education
Economic wellbeing and PSHE education
Part 3
PSHE education and school policy matters
Understanding the relationship between PSHE education, pastoral care and therapeutic interventions
Selecting PSHE education teaching material and resources and the effective use of visitors to the classroom
Part 4
Appendix 1: Using story, ‘case studies’ and timeline in PSHE education
Appendix 2: Summary of organisational models for the teaching of PSHE education
Appendix 3: Baseline assessment tools
Appendix 4: Key data on adolescence in 2015
This is a highly informative and usable text that would be particularly suited to teachers embarking on their first pastoral role. It covers lots of vital areas of PSHE, including adolescent development, emotional health, drugs and sex education, and explores some of the links between these areas and relevant policy. The tone of the discussion in the text is accessible and direct. It also contains activities and opportunities for reflection that new teachers will find very helpful.
Moray House School of Education, Edinburgh University
February 17, 2017
