scholarly journals 791Health Promotion in High School curriculum: Brazil and Canada

2021 ◽  
Vol 50 (Supplement_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Israel Souza

Abstract Focus of Presentation Searching on documents about High School (or Secondary) education we found some differences in both curriculum, Brazil and Canada. High School in Brazil has three year (grade 10 to 12). In other hand, High School in Canada has four years (grade 9 to 12). The main focus of this work is a comparison about how “health promotion” appears in High School curriculum in Brazil and Ontario-CA, in especial at Physical Education curriculum. Findings In Brazilian High School, Physical Education curriculum is mandatory. However the key-words “health” appears 11 times in a federal document (Ministry of Education) with 241 pages. Key-words like “health promotion” appear one time and “social determinants” none. Ontario-CA have a Health and Physical Education curriculum. In this case, the key-words “health” appears more than 1000 times in a province document (Ministry of Education) with 224 pages. Key-words like “health promotion” appear 14 times and “social determinants” 3 times. Conclusions/Implications Text Physical Education curriculum in Brazil need to emphasize “health promotion” contents as a life condition and physical literacy and health literacy. Meantime, Ontario-CA curriculum show a few content about “social determinants” which is a core concept in “health promotion” studies. Key messages Text High School curriculum need emphasize “health promotion” and “social determinants” as a core concept for a physical literacy and health literacy.

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 80
Author(s):  
Hossein Nazari ◽  
Syed Ebrahim Mirshah Jafari ◽  
Ahmad Reza Nasr Isfahani ◽  
Seyed Mohamad Marandi

The ultimate goal of such inquiry and meticulous investigation is to evaluate the current condition of physical education curriculum of Iranian high schools and the strategies that can be employed in a path of improving its overall situation based on expertise ideas and their total viewpoint is such given pivotal affair. This investigation has been conducted in accordance with pathological phenomenology and sampling with regard of practical and feasible drawn-target and qualitative approach and method. The cited interviews were designated for 15 connoisseurs in the firmament of physical education. The figurative and the content narration of the study has evaluated in compliance with expertise viewpoints and ideas. The total findings and discovered entities as off-springs of expertise ideas in the fields of “fulfilling student’s expectances and their needs and desires”, “attention toward the reals of science, capacity and sight-perspectives”, has been extracted and summarized. The conclusion and overall gains of given investigation manifested that the criteria of high school curriculum were not expedient and appropriate in the fields of target, content, the employed pathological principle of instruction and the given evaluation in-use and it never satisfied the visualized expectance of expertise.


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
K.E.R Marsudi ◽  
Sunarso Sunarso

Based on the results of preliminary observations of the Pancasila and Citizenship Education (PPKn) textbooks for high schools both in class X, XI and XII Curriculum 2013 it was found that there were some writing errors in the material. This study aims to determine the consistency of high school civics textbook material in accordance with the prevailing curriculum, namely the curriculum 2013. The analyzed books are civics textbooks for class X, XI and XII by the Ministry of Education and Culture of the Republic Indonesia published in 2017 and 2018. This civics textbook is considered not good enough and not yet suitable for use. In this textbook there has been discussion of the material with training in competencies both cognitive, affective and psychomotor. But in this book, in addition to some indicators that show relevance to the applicable curriculum there are also several indicators that do not show relevance to the applicable curriculum. It is said relevant because of the indicators analyzed, this book has presented well with the discovery of the diversity of values and cutting-edge material. Based on the consistency of this book said to be inconsistent, there are still some overlapping material because it experiences repetition at the next class level. This textbook is not yet suitable to be used in the teaching and learning process by students to achieve the learning objectives, therefore it still needs revision for the next school year.


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