Abstract
The Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a South Asian country that covers an area of 796,096 square kilometers. The country is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east, China in the north, and the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman in the south. This federal parliamentary republic is the sixth most populous country in the world, with an estimated population of 176 million inhabitants (UNICEF, 2009). Pakistan is an ethnically and linguistically diverse country. An overwhelming majority of the population (above 95%) is Muslim. They reside with religious minorities that include Christians, Hindus, and Sikhs. Multiple languages are spoken along with the official language, English, and the national language, Urdu.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution.
Buying options
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Learn about institutional subscriptionsPreview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
References
Bhutta SM (2002) Developing health education: The child-to-child classroom profile. Unpublished Master's dissertation, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Bhutta SM (2006) Health education classroom practice in primary schools in Pakistan. Unpublished doctoral thesis, Department of Education, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Bruner J (1996) The culture of education. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA
Carnegie R, Kassam-Khamis T (2002) Quest for quality: An evaluation of the Health Action Schools project. Unpublished report prepared for Save the Children UK. Aga Khan University Institute for Educational Development, Karachi, Pakistan
Child-to-Child Trust. (2011). Children changing their lives (CtC worldwide). Retrieved from http://www.child-to-child.org.
Federal Bureau of Statistics (2009) Pakistan Social and Living Standards Measurement Survey. Federal Bureau of Statistics, Government of Pakistan, Islamabad, Pakistan
Freire P, Macedo D (1999) Ideology matters. Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Lanham, MA
Fullan MG (2001) Leading in a culture of change. Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA
Harms T, Clifford R (1980) Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale. Teachers College Press, New York
Hawes H (1988) Child-to-Child: Another path to learning. UNESCO Institute for Education, Hamburg, Germany
Hawes H (1997) Health promotion in our schools. Child-to-Child, London, UK
Hawes H (2003) Skills-based health education: Content and quality in primary schools with examples from India (Maharashtra State), Uganda and Zambia. UNESCO, Child-to-Child, London, UK
Hubley J (1998) School health promotion in developing countries: A literature review. Metropolitan University, Leeds, UK
Kassam-Khamis, T., & Bhutta, S. M. (2006). Affecting schools through a health education initiative. In I. Farah & B, Jaworski (Eds.), Partnerships in educational development (pp. 219-233). Oxford, UK: Symposium Books.
Kassam-Khamis T, Shivji F, Bhutta SM (2007) Health Education Curriculum for Classes I-5. Aga Khan University Institute for Educational Development, Karachi, Pakistan
Kassam-Khamis T, Shivji F, Bhutta SM (2008) Health Education Curriculum for Classes I-5. Aga Khan University Institute for Educational Development (Urdu version), Karachi
Klein R (2001) Citizen by right: Citizenship education in primary schools. Save the Children and Trentham Books, London, UK
Ministry of Education (2009) National educational policy 2009. Ministry of Education, Government of Pakistan, Islamabad, Pakistan
Pakistan Water Partnership (2001) Supplement to the framework for action (FFA) for achieving the Pakistan water vision 2025: Civil society response to FFA. Pakistan Water Partnership, Islamabad, Pakistan
Perry NE, VandeKamp KO (2000) Creating classroom contexts that support young children's development of self-regulated learning. International Journal of Educational Research 33:821–843
Siraj-Blatchford I (1999) Early childhood pedagogy: Practice, principles and research. In: Mortimore P (ed) Understanding pedagogy and its impact on learning. Paul Chapman, London, UK, pp 20–45
Siraj-Blatchford I, Odada M, Omagor M (1997) The school improvement project of the Aga Khan Education Service, Uganda: Evaluation report. Aga Khan Foundation, Geneva, Switzerland
Siraj-Blatchford I, Sylva K (2004) Researching pedagogy in English pre-schools. British Educational Research Journal 30:713–730
St Leger LH (2001) School, health literacy and public health: Possibilities and challenges. Health Promotion International 16:197–205
St Leger LH, Nutbeam D (2000) A model for mapping linkages between health and education agencies to improve school health. Journal of School Health 70:45–50
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). (2009). Statistics. Retrieved from http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/Pakistan.
World Health Organization (WHO) (1993) Life skills education for children and adolescents in schools: Introduction and guidelines to facilitate the development and implementation of life skills programme:! in schools. Author, Geneva, Switzerland
World Health Organization (WHO). (1996a). School health promotion, Series 5, regional guidelines: Development of health promoting schools. A framework for action. Manila, the Philippines: Author.
World Health Organization (WHO) (1996b) The status of school health. Author, Geneva, Switzerland
World Health Organization (WHO) (2009) World health statistics 2009. Author, Geneva, Switzerland
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2012 Sense Publishers
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Bhutta, S.M. (2012). Health Education in Primary Schools in Pakistan. In: Taylor, N., Quinn, F., Littledyke, M., Coll, R.K. (eds) Health Education in Context. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-876-6_19
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-876-6_19
Publisher Name: SensePublishers, Rotterdam
Online ISBN: 978-94-6091-876-6
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and LawEducation (R0)
