Leading Healthy and Thriving Schools in Hong Kong
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Leading Healthy and Thriving Schools in Hong Kong

Theory and Practice

  1. 210 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF
Available until 17 Jan |Learn more

Leading Healthy and Thriving Schools in Hong Kong

Theory and Practice

About this book

The academic setting has a significant influence on the well-being of children and teens. Effective school leadership is, therefore, essential in promoting a healthy school environment. This book, the first of its kind in Hong Kong, establishes the kind of leadership a health-promoting school needs to be successful. It explains the steps school leaders should take to promote health, beginning with an explanation of the link between health and education, and then moving into a discussion of how schools can be transformed and what sort of leaders are required for such a transformation. These changes can be applied in individual classrooms and schools, as well as more broadly across whole education systems. The theoretical healthy school framework outlined in the main text by Dr Robin Cheung, a seasoned scholar-practitioner in the field of school health promotion, is complemented by success stories written from interviews conducted by Dr Cheung's co-authors, which are included in the supplemental material of the book. These anecdotes and quotes from these stories enliven the text and narrate how principals in Hong Kong have transformed their schools into successful and thriving health-promoting educational settings. This volume draws particular attention to the role of leadership and management in promoting health and learning in educational and academic settings that will be of interest to school leaders, policy makers, and educators alike. Leading Healthy and Thriving Schools in Hong Kong: Theory and Practice is the first book in the Healthy Settings Series, which focuses on the upstream, midstream, and downstream approaches for improving population health and reducing health inequity in various settings and contexts.

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Yes, you can access Leading Healthy and Thriving Schools in Hong Kong by Kwong Amy C. M.,Keung Vera M. W.,Lo Amelia S. C.,Cheung Robin M. B. in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Social Sciences & Sociology. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Half Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Table of Contents
  7. List of Tables
  8. List of Figures and Diagrams
  9. Abbreviations
  10. Series Foreword
  11. Forewords
  12. Albert Lee
  13. Allan Walker
  14. Lawrence St Leger
  15. Didier Jourdan
  16. Preface
  17. Chapter 1: Education and Health
  18. Chapter 2: The Hong Kong Context for School Health Promotion
  19. Chapter 3: How to Prepare the School for the Health Promotion Journey
  20. Chapter 4: Setting Out on the Journey
  21. Chapter 5: Leadership of the Healthy School
  22. Chapter 6: Preparing for the Leadership Role
  23. Chapter 7: System Leadership and the Healthy Schools Movement
  24. Chapter 8: Concluding Remarks
  25. Appendix A: The WHO’s Definition of a Health-Promoting School
  26. Appendix B: The Healthy School Model in Hong Kong
  27. Appendix C: Accounts of School Leaders who Succeeded in Leading their Schools towards Health Promotion
  28. Appendix D: Promoting School Health as a Christian School Head
  29. References
  30. Acknowledgements
  31. About the Editors and Contributors
  32. Index
  33. Back Cover