Schools for Health and Sustainability: Theory, Research and Practice

Front Matter....Pages i-xxviii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Schools for Health and Sustainability: Insights from the Past, Present and for the Future....Pages 3-17
Health Promotion and Sustainable Development in Schools: Historical Perspective....Pages 19-40
Key Competencies: Reconciling Means and Ends in Education for Sustainable Consumption....Pages 41-60
Under One Umbrella: Professional Norms Promoting Education for Sustainable Development at the School Level....Pages 61-79
Linking Health Education and Sustainability Education in Schools: Local Transformations of International Policy....Pages 81-109
Front Matter....Pages 111-111
Health Promotion in Dutch Secondary Schools: Promising Collaboration Between School and Public Health Services?....Pages 113-130
Becoming a Health Promoting School: Using a ‘Change Agent’ to Influence School Structure, Ethos and Ensure Sustainability....Pages 131-153
Drama-Based Learning for Teachers’ Education in Health Promotion....Pages 155-189
Professional Competencies Within School Health Promotion – Between Standards and Professional Judgment....Pages 191-209
Health Education in the Context of Performance Driven Education: Challenges and Opportunities....Pages 211-230
Front Matter....Pages 231-231
Implementation Strategies to Promote and Sustain Health and Learning in School....Pages 233-252
Healthy Principals – Healthy Schools? A Neglected Perspective to School Health Promotion....Pages 253-273
Three Approaches to School Health Education as a Means to Higher Levels of Health Literacy....Pages 275-289
Promoting Health Education in a Context of Strong Social and Cultural Heterogeneity: The Case of Reunion Island....Pages 291-312
Implementing Mental Health Promoting Schools....Pages 313-338
Front Matter....Pages 339-339
Health-Promoting Teaching Strategies in Schools – A Review of the Literature and Recommendations for Teacher Education....Pages 341-364
Evaluation Research in Health Promoting Schools and Related Challenges....Pages 365-378
Mixed Methods’ Contribution to the Evaluation of Health Promotion Initiatives in the School Setting....Pages 379-404
Developing and Testing a Health Promotion Theory—An Example of Creating a Model of School Staff’s Occupational Well-Being....Pages 405-422
Back Matter....Pages 423-431