.../implications The study sample was limited to rural schools in the US mid‐Atlantic; however, the results suggest that if programs are to be effectively implemented, program developers need a better understanding of the types of adaptations and reasons implementers provide for adapting curricula. Practical...

... and its potential to further the development of settings‐based approaches. Design/methodology/approach This paper focuses on an analysis of initial teacher education for school health promotion in Austria by studying the curricula of the Universities of Teacher Education, as well as interviewing...

... and skills which could be transferable into the school context and which support the qualified teacher status (QTS) standards that pre‐service teachers in England work towards (Training and Development Agency (TDA) for schools, TDA, 2007). The curricula for primary (training to teach 5‐11‐year‐olds...

..., half had been in the country more than 10 years. Two‐and‐a‐half per cent of students in the study were of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent. This is very close to the 1996 national census figure of 2.7 per cent for 15–24 years olds (McLennan, 1997). Fertility Young adults Curricula...

.... © MCB UP Limited 2000 Schools Health Curricula The strong move towards evidence‐based health education and promotion in recent years, the focus on quality standards, and the need to justify the use of scarce resources, have made monitoring and evaluation an essential part of any...

....) Drug abuse Curricula Primary schools The UK Government issued two White Papers on tackling drug misuse in the late 1990s. The first, Tackling Drugs Together: A Strategy for England (HMSO, 1995), introduced a new emphasis on prevention. This required schools to provide education...

..., and that the clarification of the mission of health promotion in schools was well developed. Networking within the communities that surrounded the schools was reported as being uncommon. © MCB UP Limited 2000 Schools Health Curricula Teaching methods Much has been written on a general level about...