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Michele Bodine
OMDE 610
Assignment #3

Constructivist Learning Activity for High School

Introduction to Health Professions Course

Introduction:
Introduction to Health Professions is an advanced elective course
within the Health, PE and Dance (HPED) department. Students in grades 1112 participate in a semester long course that has been designed to prepare
students with the knowledge and valuable insight into the rich variety of
careers in the health field. It falls in line with Health, Environmental Health
Sciences career cluster and will help students explore and identify the
necessary skills and background required in various health occupations. The
Introduction to Health Professions curriculum uses the National Health
Science Education Standards, Common Core Literacy Standards, and UDL
strategies as guidelines for the curriculum.
Description of Class and Lesson:
This class consists of a heterogeneous group of students aged 16-18.
The size ranges from 22 28 students. All students have successfully
completed the required health education course and are interested in
pursuing a career in the fields of health or science. Prior to this lesson,
students have examined the different health organizations throughout the

country (CDC, NIH, FDA, etc.). Using the knowledge that they have obtained
from the previous lessons, students will examine health organizations
throughout the world so they can determine the similarities and difference
amongst the organizations. Therefore, this lesson will follow the
Constructivist Learning Theory because students will be using prior
knowledge and experience to help students complete various tasks.
Lesson Objectives:
o Students will identify international community needs by
analyzing international health care delivery systems and their
effectiveness to meet those needs.
o Using Chromebooks and the Internet, students will examine
information about a designated country in order to understand
the inter-workings of the countrys health care organizations.
o Using Microsoft 365, students will create a presentation about
International Health Care in order to show similarities and
differences between domestic and foreign health care.
Lesson Materials:
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Chrome Books
Closure Activity
International Health Organization Analysis Rubric
Internet Search Refresher Activity
Microsoft Office 365
National Health Organization Review
Pen/Pencil
Research Project Description and Instructions
Research Project Rubric
Research Resource Sheet
Smart Board

Smart Notebook Software

Websites:
o http://www.intrahealth.org/blog/top-10-global-health-issueswatch-2015#.Vu6yAuIrLIX
o http://www.intrahealth.org/page/top-10-global-health-issues-towatch-in-2014
o http://www.intrahealth.org/page/the-top-10-global-health-issuesto-watch-in-2013

Outline of Lesson:
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Topic: International Health Organizations

Length of Lesson: One 85 Minute Class Period (Extra time may be
needed. If so, it will occur during the next class period)
Drill:
o Review from previous class:
Match the U.S. Health Organization with its purpose.
o Using knowledge obtained from the previous lesson, students
complete the drill. Then, as a class, students use the Smart

Board to match the correct terms with the purpose.

Motivator:
o Students examine use Intra Health International Website to
examine the Global Health Issues to Watch for the years 2013,
2014 and 2015. After examining each list and using prior
knowledge, students will make predictions involving what might

be Global Health Issues to Watch for 2016.

Classwork:
o Students complete Searching the Internet Successfully
worksheet that has students refresh their research skills to
ensure they will be success in their research process.
Students use Chromebooks to help complete this task.

o Teacher introduces the research assignment by distributing and

reviewing the research assignment description and rubric.
Students ask questions/teacher answers questions about
the task to ensure that there is no confusion before moving
forward
o Students randomly choose a country to research by drawing a
countrys name from a basket.
There will be an even mix of develop and developing
countries
o Using Chrome Books, students research information on chosen
country.
Students use resource worksheet with suggested websites
to aid in the research process.
o After the research is completed, the students create a
presentation using the Office 365 on the Chrome Books.
Using Office 365, students can access previous
presentations as well as presentations of their classmates.
These presentations will help them determine what is and
is not visually appealing those viewing the presentations

font size, font color, slide color, inclusion of images etc.

Students will share presentations to their classmates using
Office 365. Students will examine their classmates
presentation during the following class and provide
feedback.

Closure:
o Students respond to the question below:

Using knowledge obtained from this lesson and the

previous lesson, create your own National Health

Organization.
Use the list below to help you complete the task:
What are the purpose and mission of the agency?
What services does it offer?
Who is the target audience?
How is this organization funded?

Learning Theory:
Using technology allows learners to examine information from a variety of
places and time periods. Therefore, this lesson has been shaped by the
constructivist learning theory because it focuses on people constructing
their own understanding and knowledge of the world through experiencing
the world and reflecting on those experiences (Harasim, 2012, 60). Each
activity that involves the use of technology provides the students with the
ability to utilize previous knowledge (general or course related) to
successfully complete the task.
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Smart Board and Smart Notebook Software after completing the task
individually, the class will complete a matching game that reviews the

functions of the health organizations in the United States

Chrome Book students use the website for IntraHealth International
to complete motivator, students will complete a brief review to refresh
their internet research skills, and students will use valid websites to
obtain information about a selected countrys health organization.

Microsoft Office 365 Create a presentation, share presentation with

classmates for future feedback.

Lesson Rubric:
The rubric chosen for the lesson is analytic. This type of rubric involves the
teacher scoring separate, individual parts of the product or performance,
then sums the individual scores to obtain a total score (Mertler, 2001). This
rubric will allow students to understand why they earned their score as well
as what can be done to improve the score if a re-do is permitted.

References

Harasim, L. (2012). Learning Theory and Online Technologies. New

York/London: Routledge
Mertler, Craig A. (2001). Designing scoring rubrics for your classroom.
Practical Assessment,
Research & Evaluation, 7(25). Retrieved February 29, 2016 from
http://PAREonline.net/getvn.asp?v=7&n=2
Northwest Arctic Burroughs School District. (2011). Introduction to health
careers. Retrieved
on March 15, 2016 from
http://collab.nlm.nih.gov/webcastsandvideos/drew/teachingresources/in
troductiontohealth
careers/introductiontohealthcareers.pdf