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California State University, Channel Islands
Course:
HLTH 322: Health Issues in Education (Online)
Professor:
Melissa Stone, M.A. Education, CNA
Cell Phone: 805-701-2649
E-mail: Melissa.Stone@csuci.edu
Office Hours: 8am-8pm, Monday-Friday, by email or phone
Required Course Texts:
Pateman, B., Symons, C. W., & Telljohann, S. K., Health Education: Elementary and
Middle School Applications, 6th ed Boston, MA, McGraw-Hill
Mission Statement:
Placing students at the center of the educational experience, California State University
Channel Islands provides undergraduate and graduate education that facilitates
learning within and across disciplines through integrative approaches, emphasizes
experiential and service learning, and graduates students with multicultural and
international perspectives.
Course Description:
Principles of effectively teaching topics related to health that addresses health
screening, illness prevention, and strategies for intervening with deviations in health
status. A survey of school health programs with in-depth study of selected health
education curricula and topic areas pertinent to developmental levels of children
attending grades K-8th grades. Focus on the dynamics of health, health practices, and
deviations from health in relation to child development. Topic areas will include
alcohol, tobacco, drugs, communicable diseases, and nutrition. Also, development of
strategies and methods for teaching controversial areas.
Course objectives:
 Recognize conditions that affect a child’s health, and their ability to learn in the
classroom.
 Provide quality and age appropriate instruction to children and adolescents on
health related topics, including prevention education.
 Recognize age appropriate health activities for children and adolescents.
 Identify factors and issues regarding child abuse and neglect.
 Provide support to families of children on health related topics.
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Students with Special Needs:
Individuals who have disabilities, either permanent or temporary, that might affect
their ability to perform in this class, are requested to inform the professor and the
campus Disability Accommodation Office in writing. Adaptation of methods, materials,
testing, or practicum may be made as requested and required to provide for equitable
participation in the course. For information about the University’s Disability
Accommodations Services office please contact 805-437-8528.
Instructions for Students on Academic Honesty:
All work that students submit, as their own work must, in fact, be their own work. For
example, if a paper presents ideas of others, it must clearly indicate the source. Wordfor-word language taken from other sources – books, papers, web sites, people, etc. –
must be placed in quotation marks and the source identified. Likewise, work on tests
and exams must be the student’s own work, not copied or taken from other students’
work, and students must comply with instructions regarding use of books, notes, and
other materials.
In accordance with the CSU Channel Islands policy on academic dishonesty, students in
this course who submit the work of others as their own (plagiarize), cheat on tests and
examinations, help other students cheat or plagiarize, or commit other acts of academic
dishonesty will receive appropriate academic penalties, up to and including failing the
course. Papers with plagiarized ideas or language will be graded “F” and must be
rewritten with proper use of quotations and referencing. The grade of “F” will remain
the recorded grade on that assignment. Plagiarism or cheating on tests and exams will
result in an “F” on the test or exam, very likely resulting in a lower or possibly a failing
final grade in the course.
Completed Work:
It is expected that all assignments will reflect university-level composition and
exposition. Use of electronic spelling and grammar check is strongly recommended.
Late Assignments:
To be fair to classmates who make sacrifices to finish assignments on time, all
assignments are due each Friday by 10pm. No late assignments will be accepted.
Discussion board assignments will receive no credit if they are submitted after 10pm on
Friday.
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Grading Scale:
100-95 A
76-73
C
94-90
A-
72-70
C-
89-87
B+
69-67
D+
86-84
B
66-63
D
83-80
B-
62-60
D-
79-77
C+
59 or < F
Course Activities:
1. Community Health Resources (25 points)
2. School Health Laws (25 points)
3. Blackboard Weekly Quizzes (5 points @ 14 weeks = 70 pts)
a. Before taking this quiz you should read through assigned chapter and
PowerPoint for that week.
b. PowerPoints can be found on Blackboard under the “course documents”
section.
4. Participation in Weekly Discussions (50 pts: credit given at the end of the course)
5. Final Project (30 points)
POINTS POSSIBLE: 200
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Description of Course Activities:
Assignment #1: Community Health Resources
In this assignment, you will create a list of resources that you can provide to your
students and their families.
1. Choose five of the nine content areas below; find local community resources that
students and their families could access that you feel would be most beneficial.
Family Living and Social Health
Growth and Development
Nutrition Personal Health (Inc. Mental and Emotional Health) and Physical Activity
Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs
Communicable and Chronic Diseases
Consumer and Community
Health Environmental
Health Injury
Prevention and Safety
2. For each of the five content areas, find a resource and list the name, contact
information (name, address, telephone number, internet address, email, etc.) and
provide a brief description of the services that this resource provides.
3. Organize the information in a user friendly manner using PowerPoint. Each resource
should be presented on individual slides. (Please be creative!!!)
This assignment will be posted on Blackboard in place of the weekly discussion board.
Students must post their projects and respond to at least one other student to receive
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full credit.
Assignment 2: School Health Laws
For each of the school situations described: Cite the title and education code number of
the legal reference and provide a brief description to answer the prompt. Each prompt
should be presented on individual PowerPoint slides. (There will be 10 slides when this
project is completed.)
This assignment will be posted on Blackboard in place of the weekly discussion board.
Students must post their projects and respond to at least one other student to receive
full credit.
All answers can be found on the Healthy Kids website http://californiahealthykids.org
(click on link to School Health Laws). Use the search box to find info on various topics.
1.
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3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
You are planning a field trip for your class to the Laguna Mountains. What do
you need to bring?
The teacher deducts 10 points every time a student does not dress for PE.
You overhear a group of three boys comment “nice hooters” in unison as a
female student passes them in the hall.
Your school is updating its school meal program. Who will you select to
participate in the review and revision?
Two students approach you about another student. They say he has been staring
them down, making hand gestures at them, and walking up and standing right
in front of them. They are scared.
A 6th grader has a crusty rash on her face and you suspect it may be contagious
A parent brings some medication in a baggy and asks you to give the student her
antibiotic at lunch.
8.
A high school sophomore tells you that she has HIV. The student says that she
has not told anyone else, not even her parents.
9.
A student tells you she thinks she saw a gun in another student’s backpack.
10.
You have observed bruises in suspicious patterns and aggressive behavior on
one of your 5th graders and suspect the student may be abused.
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Assignment #3: Blackboard Quizzes
Students must log into blackboard each week and complete the weekly quiz based on
that week’s chapter reading. You will have 30 minutes to take the quiz. Once you start a
quiz you may not start over or re-take it, so please be sure that you set aside 30 minutes
each week to do this.
Assignment #4: Blackboard Discussions
Students will log onto Blackboard each week and participate in the threaded
discussions. Students must provide their own response and also respond to at least one
other student to receive credit. Responses must reflect personal experience, opinions, or
questions and enhance the learning of others in the course. (Please be sure to proof read
your responses before submitting for spelling and typos.) Remember all posts are due
each Friday by 10pm.
Assignment #5: Final Project
Each person will prepare PowerPoint presentation addressing an assigned preventative
health topic. The presentation will be directed at an identified grade level from grades
K-8 and reflect the level of appropriate development for that age group. PowerPoints
should be created as if they were being shown to students in the classroom. PowerPoint
presentations should range from 5-10 slides. This assignment will be posted on
Blackboard in place of the weekly discussion board.
Criteria
Visually engaging and neat in appearance
Engages the student as an active participant in learning
Content and topic are appropriate to developmental level
Includes parent involvement
Total Points
Topic Choices for Final Project
Topic
Identification and expression of
feelings
Exercise
Bullying
Health consequences of alcohol
abuse and smoking cigarettes
Safe sex
Total Points
10
10
10
5
35
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Weekly Course Schedule
Day/Date
Week 1
Jan. 19
Discussion Board Focus
Homework
Classes Not In Session Yet:
Holiday
Be sure that your password
works, that you can log on, etc
Week 1
Jan. 26
Introduction to Course;
Personal introductions
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Week 2
Feb. 2
Chapter 1
Read Chapter 1
Week 3
Feb. 9
Chapter 2
Read Chapter 2
Week 4
Feb. 16
Chapter 3 & 4
Read Chapter 3 & 4
Week 5
Feb. 23
Community Health
Resources Due
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Week 6
March 2
Chapter 5
Read Chapter 5
Week 7
March 9
Chapter 6
Read Chapter 6
Week 8
March 16
Chapter 7 & 8
Read Chapter 7
Week 9
March 23
No Class:
Spring Break
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Week 10
March 30
School Health Laws Due
Read Chapter 8
Week 11
Apr. 6
Chapter 9
Read Chapter 9
Week 12
Apr. 13
Chapter 10
Read Chapter 10
Week 13
Apr. 20
Chapter 11
Read Chapter 11
Week 14
Apr. 27
Chapter 12
Read Chapter 12
Week 15
May. 4
Chapter 13
Read Chapter 13
Week 16
May. 11
FINAL PROJECTS
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