Health and Life Skills Education: Results of a Global Fact-Finding Survey and Document Review

• In Event: International Views on Health and Well-Being in Education

Abstract

Members of the WERA IRN on Teaching, Learning & Literacy for Health are working with UNICEF, UNESCO and partners to conduct a Fact-Finding Survey and Policy/Curriculum Analysis in 2021 with reports due in early 2022. The study is approaching all countries and states/provinces and is investigating health and life skills (H&LS) education within a comprehensive, systems approach to promoting inclusion and equity with particular attention to health, development and nutrition. The study will look at inter-ministry coordination through policy/program frameworks addressing different forms of exclusion such as disabilities, discrimination, health risks and student drop-out/push-out. This session will discuss if existing H&LS education programs support a whole child approach that ensures a broad range of learning opportunities.

Authors

• Daniel A. Laitsch, Simon Fraser University

• Doug McCall, International AcSchool Health Network