Program Aim and Philosophy
Philosophy
The philosophy of the health education curriculum can be expressed in the form of a challenge. Health education must be:
Education for health, not just about health1.
The health education program must promote and facilitate voluntary adaptations of health knowledge into health-enhancing actions in daily life. This mandate is based on the premise that if present health knowledge were applied in daily living, then many more individuals within our society, and our society as a whole, would enjoy the benefits of better health.
Aim
The aim of health education from Kindergarten to grade 12 is:
To enable students to apply health knowledge into their daily lives in order to increase health-enhancing behaviours and decrease health-risking behaviours.
Curriculum goals
The goals of health education for students from Kindergarten to grade 12 are to:
• acquire and evaluate health-related information
• make knowledgeable decisions to improve their health
• apply their decisions to improve their physical, mental and social well-being and that of their peers, families and communities