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Board games in health education within primary schools
Author(s) -
SEAMAN CLAIRE E.A.,
McGURK CAROL
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
journal of consumer studies and home economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.775
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1470-6431
pISSN - 0309-3891
DOI - 10.1111/j.1470-6431.1997.tb00266.x
Subject(s) - test (biology) , medical education , health education , health educators , psychology , physical education , medicine , applied psychology , nursing , public health , paleontology , biology
The effectiveness of a novel teaching method for health education within primary schools was established using pre‐test and post‐test assessments to measure the amount of information taken in by children in health education lessons. The assessment of effectiveness of health education teaching was carried out via a new and innovative approach to health education advice involving the use of an educational board game and posterdesigning techniques. Results suggest that the introduction of games and activities, such as poster designing, can be beneficial in terms of knowledge absorption and retention. The increase in knowledge between pre‐ and post‐test assessments was statistically significant (P < 0·05 or greater)where new methods were used to present information on the importance of exercise, sleep, oral hygiene, road safety and on certain physical and emotional aspects of growing up. Nutrition information was less well absorbed and the possible reasons for these results are discussed with areas in which future research would help to ensure maximum benefit for minimum teaching resources.