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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Enacting Critical Health Literacy in the Australian Secondary School Curriculum: The Possibilities Posed by e-Health
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McCuaig, Louise; Carroll, Kristie; Macdonald, Doune – Asia-Pacific Journal of Health, Sport and Physical Education, 2014
The teaching of health literacy in school-based health education (SBHE) is of international interest, yet there is less ready access to how conceptions of health literacy can be operationalised in school programmes. More specifically, while articulated in curriculum documents such as the incoming Australian Curriculum: Health and Physical…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Literacy, Health Materials, Secondary School Curriculum
A Salutogenic, Strengths-Based Approach as a Theory to Guide HPE Curriculum Change
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McCuaig, Louise; Quennerstedt, Mikael; Macdonald, Doune – Asia-Pacific Journal of Health, Sport and Physical Education, 2013
The draft Australian Health and Physical Education (HPE) curriculum (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority [ACARA], 2012c) takes a strengths-based approach that emphasizes questions such as "What keeps me healthy and active?" rather than "What risks, diseases and behaviours should I learn to avoid?". This…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Curriculum Development, Information Literacy, Health Materials