E-Book: Keeping the Whole Child Healthy and Safe:
Reflections on Best Practices in Learning, Teaching, and Leadership
This e-book, a collection of articles from Educational Leadership and other ASCD publications, explores what it means to foster health and safety for students. Knowing that what we teach kids today will shape their future well-being, the authors look at the issues from many angles, addressing both physical and mental health and safety. This fourth in a four-book series of e-books on educating the whole child recognizes that health and safety are not just curriculum topics, but should be integrated into the teaching and learning environment.
This e-book is free to download May 4–17, 2010.
The 21st Century Imperative
Today our schools struggle to meet the demand for a highly skilled and educated workforce. Many continue to use a model that was designed to prepare students for life in the middle of the last century. We can no longer afford to accept this outmoded approach if we expect graduates to compete for jobs with workers from around the world.
We live in a global economy that requires our students to be prepared to think both critically and creatively, evaluate massive amounts of information, solve complex problems, and communicate well. A strong foundation in reading, writing, math, and other core subjects is still as important as ever yet by itself is insufficient for lifelong success.
The demands of the 21st century require a new way of approaching education policy and practice – a whole child approach to learning, teaching, and community engagement. What if policymakers made decisions about education policy by first asking, “What works for children?” Answering that question pushes us to redefine what a successful learner is and how we measure success. A child who enters school in good health and feels safe and connected to her school is ready to learn. A student who has at least one adult in school who understands his social and emotional development is more likely to stay in school. All students who have access to challenging academic programs are better prepared for further education, work, and civic life. These components must work together, not in isolation. That is the goal of whole child education.
This book is meant for parents and teachers. It includes examples of what a good program should look like.
These kids have lniovg and caring parents and relatives.Dont you thing their parents and relatives and teachers are constantly giving them advice.They do not need Google or any government to assume that they are not aware of the dangers.Unfortunately, a few kids are so proactive and curious that no matter WHAT is told to them and no matter HOW MANY TIMES they are lectured – they will not resist temptation when the opportunity arises.But the vast majority of kids are quite savvy and their friends will chime in with advice and warnings if one kids goes astray