Abstract
An educational resource on water and health, using an approach focused on health education and environmental health education, was developed to help teachers in the classroom. The implementation of health education programs in French primary schools is explained. Three specific objectives were identified, targeting 3rd, 4th, and 5th year pupils: water as a body constituent, water as a nutrient element, and water as a factor in hygiene, and their individual contribution to good health. The project was led by academics in close collaboration with education and health professionals (school nurses, public health engineers), and people working in health promotion organizations and environmental associations. The method used for the design and validation of the resource was adapted to the educational objective. The “Water and Health” educational resource is structured in 25 modules and includes 89 work files. It was validated in the classroom and includes an assessment of the teaching material and the pupils’ results. The resource has been published in French by the Regional Teachers’ Resource Centre (CRDP Auvergne, France) and is distributed by the National Teachers’ Resource Network (Sceren).
Highlights
In France, education is a national mandate and the syllabus is the same in all schools [1].Primary schooling is divided into three cycles: the early learning cycle in nursery school; the basic learning cycle in pre-school, and the 1st and 2nd grades in primary school; and the consolidation cycle in the 3rd, 4th, and 5th grades in primary school [1]
The present paper describes and discusses the design and validation of this resource, called “Water and Health”
1: “Water as a body constituent”; Group 2: “Water as a nutrient element”; Group 3: “Water as a factor of hygiene”); c The illustrator and the computer graphic designer: providing technical support for each training session developed; d The testteachers of French primary schools: validation of the training sessions developed by the working groups and approved by the pilot group; e The publisher (Regional Teacher’s Resource Centre): publication of the French version of the “Water and health”
Summary
In France, education is a national mandate and the syllabus is the same in all schools [1].Primary schooling is divided into three cycles: the early learning cycle in nursery school (cycle 1); the basic learning cycle in pre-school, and the 1st and 2nd grades in primary school (cycle 2); and the consolidation cycle in the 3rd, 4th, and 5th grades in primary school (cycle 3) [1]. The national program sets out the knowledge and skills to be acquired at each stage of the syllabus [1]. Geography, civic education, modern languages, physical education and sport, and experimental science and technology are provided and contribute to the building of a common knowledge and skills base. The science training focuses on investigative procedures, which develop the curiosity of children, their creativity, their critical faculties and their interest in scientific and technical progress [2]. The aim of this approach is to raise children’s awareness of the natural world and to promote a sense of personal responsibility with regard to the environment, the living world, and health
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