Health and personal life skills 7 - Module 1: Learning Facilitator's Manual

148 Pages·1991·10.1 MB·English

by  Alberta. Alberta Education

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Health and Personal Life Skills 7
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Modules
LEARIVING FACILITATOR'S
MANUAL
Distance
EDUCATION
Note
ThisHealth andPersonal LifeSkillsLearningFacilitator's Manualcontainsanswers to teacher-assessed
assignmentsandthefinal test; therefore,itshouldbekept securebytheteacher. Studentsshouldnot have
accessto theseassignmentsorthefinal testuntiltheyareassignedin a supervised situation. Theanswers
shouldbestoredsecurelybytheteacheratall times.
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Introduction
Overview ofthe Program ofStudies for Health and
Personal Life Skills 7
Structure ofthe Learning Package
Using This Learning Package in the Classroom
Evaluation
,
Introducing Students to the System....
Module
1
Module 2
Module 3
Module 4
Module 5
Module 6
Teacher's Copy ofthe FinalTest with Marking Guide
Final Test
Teacher Questionnaire
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Introduction
Asurveyofthesecoursematerialswillconfirmthatthisnewlearningpackagehasbeenspecially
designedformanykindsofteachersworkinginavarietyofsituations.
Which Category Do You Fit?
SmallSchoolsTeacher
O
inexperienced
O
experiencedbutinothersubjectareas
O
experiencedinteachinghealthandpersonallifeskillsbutwantingtotryadifferent
approach
O
DistanceLearningTeacher
travellingtoschoolswithinthejurisdiction
O
usingfacsimileandteleconferencingtoteachstudentswithinthearea
LargerSchoolsTeacher
inexperienced
O
experiencedinteachinghealthandpersonallifeskillsbutwantingtotryadifferent
approach
Health7 1 LearningFacilitator'sManual
Becausethesematerialshavebeencreatedbyexperiencedclassroomteachersanddistancelearning
specialists,theyhavemanyadvantagesforstudentsandteachersregardlessoftheirsituation.
Advantages for Students Advantages for Teachers
• incorporatesastronglearner-centred • allowsteachersmaximumteachingtimeand
philosophy minimizespreparationtime
• promotessuchqualitiesinthelearneras • includesdifferentroutesthroughthematerials
autonomy,independence,andflexibility tosuitdifferentlearners
• isdevelopedthroughmediawhichsuitthe • incorporatesawiderangeofteaching
needsandcircumstancesofthelearner strategies,inparticularthoseusing
independentandindividuallearning
• reflectstheexperientialbackgroundofAlberta
students • deliverscurriculumdesignedbyeducation
specialiststhatreflectsAlbertaEducation
• opensupopportunitiesbyovercomingbarriers ProgramofStudieswithanemphasison
diatresultfromgeographicallocation Canadiancontent
• promotesindividualizedlearning,allowing • provideslearningmaterialswhichare
learnerstoworkattheirownpace upwardlycompatiblewithadvanced
educationaltechnology
Doesitsoundlikesomethingyoucoulduse?
Thestudentmaterials arenottheonlycomponentsdesignedforindependent,guidedinstruction; sois
UiisLearningFacilitator'sManual. ItbeginswithanoverviewofthecurrentAlbertaEducation
ProgramofStudies forHealthandPersonalLifeSkills7. Thissummaryisincludedfor
inexperiencedteachersorthoseteacherswhohavefoundthemselvesteachingHealthandPersonal
Life Skills7 whentheirtrainingisinothersubjectareas. Thisbriefsummaryisnotmeanttoreplace
theAlbertaEducationProgramofStudies,butrathertohelpteachersconfirm thehighlightsofthe
program.
Otherpartsofthisintroductionhave alsobeenincludedto
helpteachersbecome familiarwiththisnewcourseware
anddeterminehowtheymightwanttouseitintheir
classroom.
Beyondtheintroductiontheguideitselfcontains answers,
models,explanations,andotiiertips generatedbythe
teacherswhoauthoredUiiscourse.
Thecourseware andLFMare theproductsofexperienced
classroom teachersanddistancelearningspecialists. Itis
thehope oftiiese teachersthattheirexperiencecanbe
sharedwiththosewhowanttotakeadvantageofit.
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