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Education Promoting Health, Personal & Social Development - Overview
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Education promoting Health, Personal & Social Development (HPSD) is a term used in this encyclopedia to describe several subjects and extended education activities that promote different aspects of human development which are at the centre of the social role of the school. These include aspects such as health, life skills, safety, security, personal development, relationships, social development, social responsibility, citizenship, concern for the environment, ethical and sustainable production and consumption, basic literacies needed to participate in society, and others. This social role of schooling is equal in importance to the accreditation of intellectual development and academic knowledge as well as the vocational preparation of students for work and is critical to the school’s custodial role in providing a safe, health and supportive environment.
Education promoting HPSD is delivered through several core subjects or curricula, including health & life skills (H&LS) education (also called Personal, Social & Health (PSH) education), Home Economics education and Physical Education. As well, parts of several other core subjects promote HPSD when/if they address human development. These include social studies (citizenship & history), language arts (literature, drama, poetry), science (human biology, ecological systems), language training for immigrant students, vocational and alternative education programs for special needs students and early childhood education for disadvantaged students. Further, elective courses or subjects such as moral and religious education, the arts and the responsible use of technologies can be aligned to promote HPSD. Education or learning which promote student HPSD is also delivered in extended education programs such as extra-curricular and co-curricular activities, school routines and rituals, on-line and school-linked community-based youth and family programs. The intended student learning objectives in health/life skills or personal, social and health education are defined in ministry curriculum documents for these core subjects which are often supported by guidance and policy documents related to recommended pedagogy, student assessment and educational resources. Objectives for school-linked extended education programs and activities are often less formal and aimed at a variety of objectives including youth development, community service and tutoring to remediate learning problems or enrich student achievement in selected subjects. This summary was first posted in January 2021. Currently it has been posted as a"first draft" .We encourage readers to submit comments or suggested edits by posting a comment on the Mini-blog & Discussion Page for this section or posting a comment below:. Text
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