Read chapter 1 (page 5 – 19) of John Germov’s ‘Second Opinion’ text. The chapter is called ‘Imagining Health Problems as Social Issues’. You will find this on the ‘reading list’ under the ‘Introduction’ tab on our moodle site.
Make notes of the following things:
(a) the key points
(b) Definitions of key terms
(c) What is a sociological imagination?
(d) What is the distinction between socio-cultural and boiomedical models of health?
• Lecture 2: Prejudice and practice – values and evidence in Health Promotion
In this session, we look at how words like ‘critical’ and ‘perspective’ might be defined, discuss the philosophy/orientation of the course and begin examining our own perspectives on particular issues.
For this week’s tutorial, please bring the following:
– thoughts on Germov’s article (last week’s ‘homework’)
– your sociological biography (from last week)
– a health issue you think is interesting
• Lecture 3: Food, fads, families & fat
• Kia ora koutou – please find an introduction to this topic on the panopto block on our moodle page. We will continue with this in class this Thursday. In the meantime, please see below for ‘homework’ for this week.
• The reading linked to our lecture today is Burrows, L. (2009) Pedagogizing families through obesity discourse. It is on the reading list on moodle (i.e. chapter 9 of the Biopolitics and the ‘obesity epidemic’: governing bodies book)
• If you could read this prior to class that would be great. We will deal with some of this material in lecture.
• In preparation for Thursday’s tutorial, can you please do the following:
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• 1. Bring (or photograph) an item of food that means something to you (e.g. your favourite food)
• 2. Read the two spinoff articles that you will find on the following links:
• https://thespinoff.co.nz/auckland/11-12-2017/the-food-critic-and-the-rookie-head-to-kfc/
• https://thespinoff.co.nz/auckland/08-12-2017/the-critic-and-the-rookie-dining-out-at-one-of-aucklands-most-expensive-restaurants/
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• The articles are both by Madeleine Chapman and Simon Wilson – staff writers for The Spinoff.
• (a) The food critic and the rooki head to KFC
• (b) The critic and the rookie: dining out at one of Auckland’s most expensive restaurants
Lecture 4: Schools, health and self in a world of ‘well-being’
Think about some questions you’d like to ask our school health and PE experts –
• Read Chapter 1 ‘Considering the politics and practice of health education’ in ‘Health Education: Critical Perspectives (on our reading list – by Fitzpatrick and Tinning) and take notes on following things: a) healthism; b) risk-based approaches to health; c) public pedagogy; d) health education vs health promotion; e) neoliberalism.
Health Education
Critical perspectives
Edited ByKatie Fitzpatrick, Richard Tinning
