SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH DURING AN EPIDEMIC/PANDEMIC OUTBREAK (MIDDLE SCHOOL)
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GENERAL INFORMATION
Title
Social determinants of health during an epidemic/pandemic outbreak (Middle School)
Description
This educational scenario focuses firstly on the social determinants of health during an epidemic, and secondly on some environmental issues concerning communicable diseases, with emphasis on the recent COVID-19 pandemic. After examining cases of Emerging Infectious Diseases, health disparities, and the process of health-related decision-making, students go on planning and carrying out an authentic social research on the experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. The extended version of the scenario lasts for 12 teaching hours, whereas a shortened version lasts for 6 teaching hours. Several of the scenario activities can be done independantly from the genaral contextualization of the scenario. The scenario aims, mainly, to middle school grades.
Notes on pedagogical utilization
The scenario follows the inquiry- and project-based instruction model. Students work collaboratively in small groups with the aid of PCs, or other devices (e.g., tablets). They examine recent cases of communicable diseases and the conditions of their origin. Afterwards, they critically examine several sources and draw conclusions concerning health disparities, and through a role game they get engaged with issues concerning personal experience, desicion-making, and values regarding health topics during a pandemic. The student project includes all the phases of an empirical social research about the experiences and health disparities during the COVID-19 pandemic on the local society (questionnaire development, data collection, statistical analysis, conclusion making, and project presentation). The learning techniques adopted in the scenario include structured inquiry, guided inquiry, data collection and analysis, critical reading of sources, case studies, role game, values clarification, and argumentation on socio-scientific topics. The process and nature of an authentic scientific research, and the notion of health disparities are examined extensively during the scenario.
REFERENCE URL
https://photodentro.pafse.eu/handle/8586/267
LEARNER CHARACTERISTICS
Intended end user
teacher
Educational level
lower secondary
Τypical age range
From 13 To 16
Language level
B2-good knowledge
Typical intended user language
english
FUNDING INFORMATION
LEARNING OBJECT
program / project: PAFSE project
PAFSE project
METADATA
program / project: PAFSE project
PAFSE project
CLASSIFICATION
Subject / Topic / Concept
Public Health > Health determinants > Social determinants Public Health > Environment and health > Social inequalities Environmental Education/Education for Sustainable Development > Inequalities > Vulnerable groups Environmental Education/Education for Sustainable Development > Health & Well-being > Philosophical and ethical conceptions
Learning resource type
educational scenario - lesson plan
APPEARS IN COLLECTIONS
Educational Scenarios
CONTRIBUTION
CONTRIBUTORS
Pedagogical coordinator: Dimitris Chalkidis (University of Ioannina)
Scientific coordinator: Tassos A. Mikropoulos (University of Ioannina)
METADATA CONTRIBUTORS
LEARNING OBJECT / METADATA LICENSING & PUBLISHING
Licensor: Educational Approaches to Virtual Realities Laboratory (EARTH lab), University of Ioannina, Greece
Publisher: Educational Approaches to Virtual Realities Laboratory (EARTH lab), University of Ioannina, Greece
TECHNICAL INFORMATION
Format
application/pdf (1.04 MB)
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Language
english
Version
Final version (final)
IDENTIFIER
PHOTODENTRO
8586/267
LICENSE
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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
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