Health Promotion Using Life Skills Education Approach for Adolescents in Schools--Development of a Model

Autor/inn/en	Bharath, Srikala; Kumar, K. V. Kishore
Titel	Health Promotion Using Life Skills Education Approach for Adolescents in Schools--Development of a Model
Quelle	In: Journal of Indian Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 4 (2008) 1, S.5-11 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0973-1342
Schlagwörter	Group Discussion; Health Promotion; Health Programs; Experiential Learning; Adolescents; Teaching Methods; Role Playing; Health Education; Games; Problem Solving; Models; Teacher Role; Educational Objectives; Foreign Countries; India + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Gruppendiskussion; Gesundheitsfürsorge; Gesundheitshilfe; Reihenuntersuchung; Experiental learning; Erfahrungsorientiertes Lernen; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Rollenspiel; Gesundheitsaufklärung; Gesundheitsbildung; Gesundheitserziehung; Game; Spiel; Spiele; Problemlösen; Analogiemodell; Lehrerrolle; Educational objective; Bildungsziel; Erziehungsziel; Ausland; Indien
Abstract	Life Skills Education (LSE) is a novel promotional program that teaches generic life skills through participatory learning methods of games, debates, role-plays, and group discussion. Conceptual understanding and practicing of the skills occurs through experiential learning in a non-threatening setting. Such initiatives provide the adolescent with a wide range of alternative and creative ways of solving problems. Repeated practice of these skills leads to a certain mastery and application of such skills to real life situation helps in gaining control over the situation. LSE empowers the youth to choose appropriate values and behaviour which are ingredients of positive health. Development of a model school mental health program using the LSE methodology and psychosocial competence of the adolescents as the goal is described. The highlights of model are: (1) Comprehensive health in adolescents is the goal; (2) Using Life Skills as the medium; (3) Providing a structure to the program by activities; and (4) Teachers as facilitators. (Contains 1 table.) (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Indian Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health. e-mail: jiacam@gmail.com; Web site: http://www.jiacam.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10