About the Book

The book is designed to offer practical guidelines and suggestions keeping one healthy and strong. Basic and essential information on emerging topics like AIDS, Drugs, and sex education contained in this book should prove handy to the readers.

Recommendations of several Committees and Commissions on Health and Physical education find an important coverage in this volume. This book may be useful to students, teachers, educational planners and administrators.


US$ 20

About Author

J.C. Aggarwal, a former Deputy Director of Education and Executive Director of the Delhi Bureau of Textbooks, Delhi Administration has written extensively on Education, History and contemporary affairs. Before joining Delhi Administration, he taught in a Post-graduate Teacher Training College.

Contents

CONCEPT OF HEALTH EDUCATION
Significance of Health, Relationship between Health and Socio-economic Development, Meaning and Concept of Health, Main Elements of Health or Characteristics of a Healthy Person, Community Health and Personal Health, Meaning of Health Education, Objectives of Health Education, Scope of Health Education, Health Education and Physical Education, Personal and Social Aspects of Health Education, General Aims and Objectives of Health Education in Schools, Specific Objectives. of Health Education at Different Stages

SCHOOL HEALTH PROGRAMME
Importance, Meaning and Concept, Objectives, Characteristics, Scope, Organisation of School Health Education Programme, Improvement of School Health Education Programme: Suggestive Guidelines

HEALTH INSTRUCTION
Meaning and Importance, Main Aims and Objectives, Types of Health Instruction, Role of the Teachers, Health Needs of Children and Health Instruction, Health Needs of the Child at the Primary Stage Health Instruction and Its Contents, Health Instruction at the Upper Primary Stage/Middle Stage and Contents (Classes VI to VIII), Health Instruction at the Secondary Stage and Syllabi (Class IX and X), Methods of Imparting Health Instruction

SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES AND HEALTHFUL SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT
Importance of School Health Services, Agencies of School Health Services, Programme Components of School Health Services, Medical Inspection of the Students, School Health Service and the Rural Community, School Clinic or Dispensary, Junior Red Cross Society, First Aid, Healthful School Environment or Healthful School Living, Environmental Cleanliness and Preventing Illness! Diseases, Functions, Roles and Responsibilities of the Teachers

SAFETY EDUCATION
Meaning and Importance of Safety, Accidents and Need for Safety at Different Age groups, Measures for Minimising Accidents at Home and Schools, Common Accidents at Home, Common Accidents in School, Safety at Playground, School Transport Safety, Safe Drinking Water

POSTURES
Meaning and Importance of Proper Postures, Characteristics of Good Postures, Major Adverse Effects of Poor Postures, Causes of Poor Postures I, Identification of Common Postural Defects Among Children and Their Classification, General Remedial Measures for Proper Postures, Proper Postures in Various Situations, Specific Postural Defects and Physical Exercises for Improving Postures

FIRST AID-MEANING, SCOPE AND PRINCIPLES OF FIRST AID IN VARIOUS SITUATIONS
Meaning and Origin, The Scope of First Aid, Qualities of the First Aid, Basic Principles of Rendering First Aid or Managing the Accident, First Aid Box: Contents, First Aid for Different Types of Accidents, Needs, Emergencies

COMMON SPORTS INJURIES AND ROAD SAFETY RULES
Introduction, Types of Sports Injuries, Soft Tissue Injuries, Bone Injuries, Joint Injuries, Bandages, Road Safety Rules

CONCEPT OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Importance of Physical Education, Concept of Physical Education, Brief History of Physical Education, Aims and Objectives of Physical Education, Aims and Objectives of Physical Education at Different Stages

METHODS OF TEACHING PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Meaning, Objectives, Revolution in Methods of Teaching, Classification of Methods of Teaching, Supplementary Methods I, Whole or Part Method of Teaching-Learning, Demonstration

LESSON PLANNING
Meaning, Significance, Preparation of Lesson Plan, Presentation of a Lesson Plan

FOOD AND NUTRITION
Meaning and Functions of Food, Components of Food, Basic Food Groups, Food Groups According to their Functions and Sources, Classification of Foods According to their Origin, Nutrient Components of Food and their Importance

BALANCED DIET AND MALNUTRITION
Meaning of Balanced Diet, Recommended Balanced Diet by ICM, Balanced Diet: Calorie Requirements, Things to be Avoided in Diet, Principles of Diet Planning, Problems Caused by not Eating a Balanced Diet or Eating Well, Nutritional Value ofLocally Available Diet: Getting Better Food at Low Cost, Costly Food Items and their Substitutes, Food Exchange System, Malnutrition, Undernutrition, Overnutrition Unbalanced Diet and Specific Deficiency in Diet, Malnutrition, School Mid-day Meals

DIET DEFICIENCY DISEASES
Meaning of Diet Deficiency Diseases, Types of Deficiency Diseases, Protein-Energy Malnutrition (PEM) or Deficiency on Account of Lack of Protein/, Mineral Deficiency Diseases, Vitamin Deficiency Diseases, Healthy Eating Habits

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
Meaning and Types of Diseases, Communicable Diseases and their Classification, Measures for the Prevention and Control of
Communicable Diseases, Cholera, Tuberculosis (T.B.), Whooping Cough, Malaria, Typhoid or Enteric Fever, Diarrhoea/, Intluenza(Flu), Jaundice (Hepatitis), Rabies (Hydrophobia)

PHYSICAL HEALTH EDUCATION: DIVERSE ISSUE
Physical Fitness and Its Components, Intramurals and Extramurals and their Organisation, Draw of Fixtures (Knock out and League Basis), Graphic Representation of Round Robin Schedule for Seven Teams I, Introduction of Operation Black Board (OB): Physical Education Kit (Equipment) and its Utilisation, Physiological Effects of Exercise, Exercise, Relaxation, Recreation and Regular Sleep, Physical Impairments of the Students and the Role of the School I, Common Ailments not Covered Earlier I, Summery: Description of Various Diseases, Evaluation in Health and Physical Education

YOGA EDUCATION AND HEALTH: NEEDS OF A CHILD
Meaning of Yoga, Main Features of Yoga, Stages of Yoga, General Guidelines for Practising Yoga Asanas, Brief Description of Each Asan with its Benefits, Health Needs of the Child and Yoga, Chart Showing Specific Need of the Child and the Asana Most Suited for the Satisfaction of the Need

PHYSICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMME
Meaning of Physical Education Programme, Principles of Selection of Activities and Programmes, Components of Physical Education Programme, Playground as the Cradle of Democracy: The Battle of Waterloo was Won on the Playgrounds of Eton, Principles of Organizing Games and Sports, Principles and Suggestions for the Promotion of Physical Education, Recommendations of Committees and Commissions on the Development of Physical Education Programme

AIDS, HIV, STD, Drug Abuse and Smoking: Prevention! Treatment and Control
Meaning and Causes of AIDS, HIV, and STD, Mode of Infection! Spread, Symptoms, How does One Get AIDS I, Prevention, Focus on the Control of Stigma and Discrimination: Role of Education, Why AIDS Education often Denied to Children and Young People, Ways to Overcome these Problems, Significant Statements on HIV, Drug Abuse: Harmful Effects and Plan for Achieving Schools without Drugs, Smoking, Prevention and Control

Mental Health and Sex Education
Importance of Mental Health, What Constitutes a Healthy Mind?, Need and Importance of Sex Education, Meaning of Sex Education, Aims and Objectives of Sex Education, Agencies of Sex Education, Role of Teachers and Parents in Sex Education, Guidelines for Imparting Sex Education in School, Methods of Imparting Sex Education, Suggestive Syllabus and Activities for Sex Education

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