Healthier Students Are Better Learners: A Missing Link in School Reforms to Close the Achievement Gap. Equity Matters. Research Review No. 6

Autor/in	Basch, Charles E.
Institution	Columbia University, Campaign for Educational Equity
Titel	Healthier Students Are Better Learners: A Missing Link in School Reforms to Close the Achievement Gap. Equity Matters. Research Review No. 6
Quelle	(2010), (109 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Child Health; Achievement Gap; School Restructuring; Play; Physical Activities; Educational Objectives; Outcomes of Education; Public Health; Hyperactivity; Pregnancy; Student Motivation; Learning Motivation; Urban Youth; Minority Groups; Intervention; Role; Incidence; Attribution Theory; Correlation; Diseases; Vision; Aggression; Violence; Eating Habits; Attention Deficit Disorders; Health Education; Health Promotion + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulreformplan; Schulumwandlung; Spiel; Educational objective; Bildungsziel; Erziehungsziel; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Gesundheitswesen; Hyperaktivität; Schwangerschaft; Schulische Motivation; Motivation for studies; Lernmotivation; Urban area; Urban areas; Youth; Stadtregion; Stadt; Jugend; Ethnische Minderheit; Rollen; Vorkommen; Korrelation; Disease; Krankheit; Gewalt; Ernährungsgewohnheit; Essgewohnheit; Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; ADHS; Aufmerksamkeits-Defizit-Hyperaktivitäts-Störung; Aufmerksamkeitsstörung; Gesundheitsaufklärung; Gesundheitsbildung; Gesundheitserziehung; Gesundheitsfürsorge; Gesundheitshilfe; Reihenuntersuchung
Abstract	No matter how well teachers are prepared to teach, no matter what accountability measures are put in place, no matter what governing structures are established for schools, educational progress will be profoundly limited if students are not "motivated and able to learn". Health-related problems play a major role in limiting the motivation and ability to learn of urban minority youth, and interventions to address those problems can improve educational as well as health outcomes. Healthier students are better learners. Recent research in fields ranging from neurosciences and child development to epidemiology and public health provide compelling evidence for the causal role that "educationally relevant health disparities" play in the educational achievement gap that plagues urban minority youth. This is why reducing these health disparities must be a fundamental part of school reform. School leaders must prioritize how to use scarce resources to address the critical health problems affecting youth. In this essay, three criteria were used for establishing priorities: prevalence and extent of health disparities negatively affecting urban minority youth; evidence of causal effects on educational outcomes; and feasibility of implementing proven or promising school-based programs and policies to address the health problem. Based on these criteria, seven educationally relevant health disparities were selected as strategic priorities: (1) "vision", (2) "asthma", (3) "teen pregnancy", (4) "aggression and violence", (5) "physical activity", (6) "breakfast", and (7) "inattention and hyperactivity". Many other health problems affecting youth are also important, and the particular health problems deemed most important in a given school or school district will vary. (Contains 1 footnote.) (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Campaign for Educational Equity, Teachers College, Columbia University. Box 219, 525 West 120th Street, New York, NY 10027. Tel: 646-745-8282; e-mail: equity@tc.columbia.edu; Web site: http://www.equitycampaign.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10