Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part LIX - Bulletin 103-Louisiana Health Education Content Standards › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section LIX-107 - Need and Context for Reform [Formerly Section 109]

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Education reform is driven by concerns of
				government and business leaders for the future of the country in a
				technological world economy. Parents and community members concur that calling
				for reform will enable students to become responsible members of their families
				and communities. It is agreed that essential preparation for success in work
				and family and community settings includes acquisition of the foundation
				skills. Future workers and members of society need the ability to apply
				knowledge from multiple sources and to work cooperatively.
B. Twenty-First Century Skills
1. The elements described in this Section as
				"twenty-first century student outcomes" are the skills, knowledge and expertise
				students should master to succeed in work and life in the twenty-first century
				(
Framework for 21st Century Learning
).
2. Health literacy:
a. obtaining, interpreting, and understanding
				basic health information and services and using such information and services
				in ways that are health enhancing;
b. understanding preventive physical and
				mental health measures, including proper diet, exercise, risk avoidance and
				stress reduction;
c. using
				available information to make appropriate health-related decisions;
d. establishing and monitoring personal and
				family health goals;
e.
				understanding national and international public health and safety
				issues.
3. Learning and
				Innovation Skills. Learning and innovation skills are increasingly being
				recognized as the skills that separate students who are prepared for
				increasingly complex life and work environments in the twenty-first century,
				and those who are not. A focus on creativity, critical thinking, communication
				and collaboration is essential to prepare students for the future:
a. creativity and innovation;
b. critical thinking and problem
				solving;
c. communication and
				collaboration;
d. information,
				media, and technology skills.
i. People in
				the twenty-first century live in a technology and media-suffused environment,
				marked by various characteristics, including:
(a). access to an abundance of
				information;
(b). rapid changes in
				technology tools; and
(c). the
				ability to collaborate and make individual contributions on an unprecedented
				scale.
ii. To be
				effective in the twenty-first century, citizens and workers must be able to
				exhibit a range of functional and critical thinking skills related to
				information, media and technology.
4. Life and Career Skills. Today's life and
				work environments require far more than thinking skills and content knowledge.
				The ability to navigate the complex life and work environments in the globally
				competitive information age requires students to pay rigorous attention to
				developing adequate life and career skills:
a. flexibility and adaptability;
b. initiative and self-direction;
c. social and cross-cultural
				skills;
d. whenever possible,
				instructors are encouraged to integrate twenty-first century skills into
				classroom instruction. In reviewing these skills, you will see that many of
				them are aligned with health education standards and the foundations
				skills.