Question: The progression in children’s ideas regarding a healthy lifestyle, a constructivist perspective.
Answer: Evidence proves that progression in children’s ideas regarding a healthy lifestyle can only be produced through learning. Other methods have also been scrutinized namely strategies for policy development, changes in school organisation and management which are not as effective as learning. However, learning must be ‘constructive’ and build upon children’s previous experiences and existing ideas, it must also ‘actively engage’ the child to allow progression across the ZPD. Parents, more capable peers and especially teacher’s can ‘scaffold’ knowledge across the ZPD and also encourage ‘meta-cognition’ through questioning and discussions to develop learning strategies within the child. Although the government has aimed to promote health education for economic reasons, through the health promoting school, there is little evidence from my school and other studies, whi...(short extract)
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- Subject: Education
- Course: Teaching
- Level: Degree
- Year: 2nd/3rd
- Mark: 73%
- Words: 10000
- Date submitted: January 08, 2009
- Date written: May, 2005
- References: No
- Document type: Dissertation
- Essay ID: 17
