Education for Sustainability in Primary Health and Physical Education

Elizabeth McNeil; Judith A Miller; Michael Littledyke

Education for Sustainability in Primary Health and Physical Education

Elizabeth McNeil
, Judith A Miller
, Michael Littledyke

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Health and physical education is a combined and integrated curriculum area in Australia and New Zealand. While this approach is not always the case in all learning contexts (e.g., the UK), for the purpose of this chapter, we have positioned health education as the main focus for education for sustainability (EfS). Health is a fundamentally important concept for the sustainability of society. For a healthy society, we need healthy individuals who are living, learning and functioning within a healthy environment. What we choose to put into our bodies and our outlook and lifestyle choices have a direct impact on our health status, as well as having social and environmental implications.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Educating for Sustainability in Primary Schools: Teaching for the Future
Editors	Neil Taylor, Frances Quinn, Chris Eames
Place of Publication	Rotterdam, Netherlands
Publisher	Sense Publishers
Pages	247-265
Edition	1
ISBN (Print)	9789463000451, 9789463000468, 9789463000444
Publication status	Published - 2015

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Teacher Education and Professional Development of Educators
Curriculum and Pedagogy Theory and Development
Science, Technology and Engineering Curriculum and Pedagogy

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Education for Sustainability in Primary Health and Physical Education. / McNeil, Elizabeth; Miller, Judith A; Littledyke, Michael.
Educating for Sustainability in Primary Schools: Teaching for the Future. ed. / Neil Taylor; Frances Quinn; Chris Eames. 1. ed. Rotterdam, Netherlands: Sense Publishers, 2015. p. 247-265.

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