ABSTRACT
A comprehensive evaluation of two American Cancer Society (ACS) curriculum programs, An Early Start to Good Health (grades K-3) and Health Network (grades four-six), was conducted to assess the impact of the materials on student health knowledge, attitude, and behavior and to determine procedures and practices employed by teachers in utilizing the materials. The materials were tested with 26 classroom teachers and 660 children in grades K-6, and the material utilization practices of an additional 356 teachers in 27 schools were examined. Findings from the evaluation suggest that the two programs are effective in promoting child health education, but questions were raised concerning the ACS requirements for teacher training and the Usage Report Card system of documentation.
Subject(s)
American Cancer Society , Curriculum , Health Education/standards , Voluntary Health Agencies , Adult , Attitude to Health , Child , Evaluation Studies as Topic , Humans , Indiana , Interviews as Topic , Surveys and Questionnaires , Teaching , Teaching Materials/standards , Teaching Materials/statistics & numerical dataABSTRACT
A survey of teaching of morphologic sciences in Canadian medical schools has shown that few radical changes have taken place in most schools. The survey has also shown the following: (a) department chairmen have a major influence on teaching of morphologic sciences; (b) they are worried about the diminishing time alloted to them; (c) students, by their choice of electives, do not seem to share that worry; (d) lectures remain popular, as does disection in most schools; and (e) audiovisual methods, especially rediology, are becoming more popular but are not yet used on a very large scale.