Pedagogy for health education, physical education, and home economics

• Effective teaching approaches
• Developing critical thinking
• Pedagogical content knowledge

How can you promote worthwhile learning more effectively for the diversity of students in your classes? Consider these questions:

• How do learners construct knowledge for themselves?
• What is the best way to make critical thinking a priority?

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• Developing critical thinking

• How do I deepen my pedagogical content knowledge?

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• Pedagogical content knowledge

Effective teaching approaches

The " effective pedagogy" section of The New Zealand Curriculum describes how the following approaches have a positive impact on learning. This guide discusses each of them in relation to health education, physical education, and home economics.

• Creating a supportive learning environment
• Encouraging reflective thought and action
• Enhancing the relevance of new learning
• Making connections to prior learning and experience
• Providing sufficient opportunities to learn
• Teaching as inquiry
• e-Learning and pedagogy

Last updated August 13, 2013

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