Trends in political agendas, policy development, and state and federal funding have supported abstinence-only-until-marriage education programs. In order to ensure an understanding about the inclusion of sexuality education in the classroom, insight into the teacher's role in the integration of sexuality education in the classroom is important.
In this chapter, David shares personal and hard-won insights from his mission to implement the ideas and promises of Open, including the power of combining digital content with open licenses, the pointlessness of producing OER thatis never reused, the kind of change required to realize the potential of Open, the need to redefine OER quality in terms of its effectiveness, and the importance of addressing specific problems. The chapter concludes with a commentary on the infrastructure that is necessary to truly expand educational opportunities and potential.
Assessing preschool childrens' health knowledge and skill levels, and their recognition of health behavior, prove essential in developing and maintaining effective health education programs. However, the intent of the assessment process, and the methodology, must be carefully considered. Picture identification can be appropriately used to determine the status of a young child's health knowledge or skills and thus decide how the child might benefit from further learning experiences. Knowledge or skill assessment for young children primarily involves observing children while they demonstrate knowledge through an activity or behavior, although this assessment may be supplemented with a checklist or instrument, such as a picture identification instrument. This article 1) reviews the reliability of picture identification tools in previous studies; 2) provides recommendations for assessing health knowledge of preschool children; and 3) suggests ways health knowledge data can be used appropriately in early childhood education programs. The result of quality knowledge and skill assessment provides direction for program planners in developing appropriate health education programs for preschoolers.
These results emphasize the importance of support from family members to this sample's intentions to communicate with partners about contraceptive use. Parental involvement and male responsibility, in regards to contraceptive use, should be integrated into Hispanic-focused sexual health improvement efforts.
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