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Health Pedagogics
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:6.00
Study Course Accepted:30.09.2022 15:30:10
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | SVUEK_053 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine; Public Health | Target Audience: | Public Health | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Inese Stars | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Public Health and Epidemiology | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 9 Kronvalda boulevard, svek rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67338307 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 2 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 4 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 5 | Class Length (academic hours) | 4 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 20 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 24 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Basic knowledge in health promotion, public health, and pedagogy. | ||||||||
| Objective: | The course aims to prepare students of public health with the necessary skills and knowledge to take part in the development, implementation and evaluation of health education programs. The goal of the course – master health pedagogy for the implementation of health education in various target groups. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Theoretical foundations of Health Education. Philosophical principles and models of Health Education. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Pedagogy, Education and Health Education. Overarching principles. Curriculum theories. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | The concept of Health literacy and its theoretical and practical scope. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Teaching and learning methods, techniques and organizational forms in Health Education. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Teaching and learning methods, techniques and organizational forms in Health Education. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Development and evaluation of Health Education programs. Learning outcomes. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Practical seminary on projects of health education programs developed by students. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | As a result of the course, students will develop a project of a health education program for the selected target group. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | • individual participation in classes, discussions, group work, presentations of independent work (20%) • developed concept of health education program and its presentation (80%). | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Students will know how to: • describe theoretical models of health education and health literacy; • explain the main pedagogical principles and conceptual views in health education; • have an overall idea about various types of health education programs; • describe pedagogical methods used in health education. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Students will be able to: • apply problem-based approach in health education; • select appropriate pedagogical methods and organizational forms in health education programs; • identify criteria for evaluation of health education programs. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Students will have the capacity to: • identify the needs of different target groups for health education; • develop appropriate health education programs; • evaluate results of health education programs. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Rubana I.M. Mācīties darot. Rīga. Raka, 2004. 240.lpp. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 2 | Geidžs N.L., Berliners D.C. Pedagoģiskā psiholoģija. 6.,7.,9.,10. nod. Zvaigzne ABC, 1999. 662. lpp. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 3 | K.Glanz, B.K.Rimer, F.M.Lewis. Health Behavior and Health Education: Theory, Research, and Practice. JosseyBass, 2015. 583p. | ||||||||
| 4 | Cottrell, R.R., et.al. Principles & foundations of health promotion and education. San Francisco: Pearson/Benjamin Cummings, 2012. 384 lpp. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | D. Prets. Izglītības programmu pilnveide. Rīga: Zvaigzne ABC, 2000. 383.lpp. | ||||||||
| 2 | Albrehta Dz. Didaktika. Rīga: Raka, 2001. 168.lpp. | ||||||||
| 3 | Golubeva, A., Puškarevs, I. Veselības veicināšana skolā: mācību līdzeklis. Rīga: LU Akadēmiskais apgāds, 2008. 63 lpp. | ||||||||
| 4 | VISC. Darbs ar sociālā riska grupas bērniem un jauniešiem atkarību profilaksē: metodiskais līdzeklis pedagogiem un vecākiem. Talsu tipogrāfija, 2015. 42 lpp. | ||||||||
| 5 | Maslo, I. (red.) No zināšanām uz kompetentu darbību: mācīšanās antropoloģiskie, ētiskie un sociālkritiskie aspekti. Rīga: LU Akadēmiskais apgāds, 2006. 186 lpp. | ||||||||
| 6 | Žogla Didaktikas teorētiskie pamati. Rīga: Raka, 2001. 275.lpp. | ||||||||
| 7 | Contemporary theories of learning: learning theorists—in their own words. New York: Routledge, 2018, 235 p. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Health Education Journal | ||||||||
| 2 | American Journal of Health Education | ||||||||
| 3 | Health Education (žurnāls) | ||||||||
