The school of Health Education is a practice whose effectiveness is difficult to be matched. From being taught in a classroom, to presenting to a community, the curriculum is designed to increase quality of life through a plethora of strategies. To create a uniformed method of transferring this knowledge to others successfully, different philosophies have been created for health educators to use as a sturdy foundation. Philosophy is imperative to one’s teaching mantra, for it determines how one lives, works, plays, and generally approaches life; all of which are necessary to consider when passing on knowledge and lifestyles to others. Of these different philosophies, I believe that the decision-making philosophy is the most beneficial to health educators, and that the behavior-change philosophy is the least.
In comparison to the other health philosophies, decision-making sticks out to me as the most reasonable, as well as the most ethical philosophy to teach by. It is not only useful for planning class lessons, but it fulfills the different articles of the Code of Ethics for Health Teachers; especially Article I: Responsibility to the public, and Article V: Responsibility in Research and Evaluation. For example, Section I of Article I stresses the Health Educator’s support of an individual’s right to make an informed decision. As a Health Educator for grades 9 – 12, I would be in a classroom with young adults who are just discovering themselves through identifying their own unique thoughts and ideas. Since that age group is where most development into adulthood takes place, it is important for them to learn to make their own choices regarding personal health. Also, the young adults in this age group tend to be more independent, ...
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...verall, this could result in the behavior worsening, or a lack of trust and a break of teacher-student bond, which to me is an essential part of making an impact in a student’s lifestyle decision.
As a Health Educator, I feel as though the most important goal is to convey to your students how to choose a positive lifestyle and also be a source of information, counseling, and confidence for them as they make their transition from adolescence into adulthood. Hence, with this and all other factors taken into consideration, I firmly believe that the decision-making philosophy is the most preferred choice. Not only is it the easiest to use in the age group of grades 9 – 12 with my projected teaching style, but it also falls under a majority of the Code of Ethics. In a word, it is my personal belief that all Health Educators would see success in using this philosophy.
...with students on an everyday basis, they understand the main areas of concern. As a result, it is essential for teachers to be involved in the decision making process.
...lict, misunderstandings and even hostility can occur for children, families, and teachers” (Garris, 2006, p. 5). Families’ rules sometime create a dilemma for the children. Children are not able to distinguish which is right or wrong.
Counselors are faced with many ethical dilemmas that require the counselor to make decisions that are in the best interest of the student. It is important for counselors to use an ethical decision-making model so that consistency is brought to the process of making ethical decisions (Remley & Herlihy, 2014).
Since ethical dilemmas are not always easily answered through the use of The Code of Ethics, ethical decision-making models are effective tools that can assist nurses in dealing with ethical issues. Ethical decision-making models provide a framework for working through difficult choices. They seek to define the limits of what is morally acceptable and help clarify the guidelines for making those difficult decisions. Ethical decision making models assist nurses in analyzing situations by focusing on understanding the patient needs, need for responsiveness to circumstantial considerations, and recognizing the uniqueness of each situation.
582). Ethical decision making is defined as “The process of choosing between actions based on a system of beliefs and values” (Black, 2014, p. 347). The nurse handling the ethical problem must first identify that there is in fact a problem. The second step is to acquire all of the required information related to the current situation. The third step is to come up with multiple choices and options to solve the ethical problem. The fourth step is to actually pick one of the choices utilizing sound ethical judgement. The fifth step would be to enact the made decision. The final step in the process is to reassess your decision and look for effectiveness and
The delivery of healthcare mandates a lot of difficult decision making for healthcare providers as well as patients. For patients, much of the responsibility is left to them especially when serious health problems occur. This responsibility deals with what treatments could be accepted, what treatments could be continued, and what treatments could be stopped. Overall, it considers what route should be taken in regards to the health interests of the patient. However, there are circumstances in which patients cannot decide for themselves or communicate what they want in terms of their healthcare. This is where the ethical issue concerning who should be responsible for making these important healthcare decisions occur if a patient was to be in this sort of situation. Healthcare providers can play a role in the healthcare decision making as their duty is to act in the best interest of the patient.
Health professionals are constantly working on improvements because of ethical concerns that they face in their everyday lives. The relationship between a physician and a patient is often seen as a relationship with no errors or ethical concerns but that is not the case. There are constant adjustments that are made to ensure everyone is accounted for and treated in a humane manner. Although the health system focuses on accommodating for everyone, there are many times that adolescents suffer due to their inability to make their own decisions in a health setting. Adolescents do not have the ability to make their own decisions towards their health without parental or guardian consents and many times they also base their final decision on the bias opinions of their physician or parent/guardians. Some important key concepts to understand when analyzing this issue is what paternalism and autonomy means. Autonomy is when a person can freely make their own decisions and paternalism is when someone disregards a person’s decision, and does not allow autonomy (Vaughn,71). It is important to realize that promoting adolescent autonomy at an early age allows adolescents to practice self-care and be well informed about medical procedures (Beacham & Deatrick, 2013). In order to prevent these issues from
The Ethical Decision Making Model is an ethical guideline that is useful in ethical dilemmas and what course of action to take. It’s a framework that allows professionals to analyze and make ethical decisions to the best of their ability. It gives counselors a protocol to determine the appropriate course of action when faced difficult challenge. These decisions are taking into account; reflect a concern for the interests and the well-being of all clients concerns. Counselors should keep in mind the Golden Rule: “Do onto others as you would want onto you”.
The relationship that a teacher creates with their students can affect the environment or atmosphere of the classroom. In an article, by Hamre & Pianta (2001), it states that, “supportive relationships help maintain students’ interests in academic and social pursuits, which in turn lead to better grades and more positive peer relationships” (p. 49). Most students will work harder for teachers if they build a good connection with the student. Teachers will also look more “human” to a student and remind them that the teacher does care very much about them. The article also states that, “Talking with students about their lives outside of school is one way teachers can show an interest in and appreciation for students” (Hamre & Pianta, 2001, p. 54). Students love talking about their lives outside of school and their interests. It also allows them to show their personalities and lets the student know that their teacher wants to know about
When talking about health, if people is able to visualize what is good (healthy) and what is bad for health, they will choose the option that does not harm them.
There are different ways that a teacher can deal with a student’s undesirable behavior. Some of these strategies are: positive reinforcement, negative reinforcement, punishment or extinction. The type of r...
The work of RN is becoming increasingly complex. Every day nurses have to make many decisions involving patient’s needs, prioritizing patients’ treatments, delegating tasks, reporting results and changes of condition, etc. Most of these decisions influence directly or indirectly the outcome of the patients’ treatment. For us, as beginner nurses, it is very important to understand the decision making process, the variables that influence it and the steps involved in it “in order to develop our own decision making style” and be successful as nurses in the future (B. Kunkel, 2014). The New Jersey Board of Nursing provides a Seven Step Decision Making Model that “has been designed to assist nurses in using the information available to them for resolving scope of practice issues.” Any nurse that has a question about nursing practice “can refer to this model and follow each step to make her decision”. (“Decision-Making Model Algorithm”, 1999)
Clinical decision making is a vital skill which a nurse will hone over time and experience. There are a number of differing theories on the clinical decision making process; indeed it is an area in which there has been considerable seminal research performed in the past. There is much room for future research possibilities in this area. The ability to make effective nursing decisions is one which begins in the student phase of the nurse’s career, and continues throughout their development post-graduation into competent practitioners.
Before taking my philosophy self-assessment, I was sure my highest score would fall somewhere in humanistic or social change. I was surprised when I saw that all of my scores fell within six points of each other in all five of the philosophies. After thinking about this, I have determined that I have come to see the benefits of each of the philosophies of education and have drawn pieces from each one in order to shape my own philosophy of education and teaching. Behavioral, progressive and humanistic are the three philosophies that I scored highest in and I will attempt to show how my philosophy relates to ethical teaching of each in today’s classroom. In Nodding’s Philosophy of Education he says, “Thoughtful people continue to examine the old responses, to generate new ones induced by changing conditions and to reflect on current responses in the interest of making education as good as it can be.”
Now we will consciously or unconsciously make decisions which we think are for the best for us, for the ones we care for, or for the society or organisation as a whole. In order to make wiser decisions we should know what contributes in making a good or a bad choice. We should know what all options are there available to us and mak...