Overview

This book is a guide for prospective and practising teachers and other school personnel whose students may raise issues about drug education, substance abuse prevention, and drug control. Students usually raise these issues in response to community events or personal or family experiences, to challenge the teacher and the curriculum, or because of their own drug use or that of peers. The goal of this book is to help teachers help students cope wtih drug-related events and experiences related to these contexts. A highlight of this text is its emphasis on helping teachers explore drug-related issues from within the context of their own curricular specialties (eg. art, music, language arts, literature, social studies, history). The book refers teachers to relevant biography, historical events, and social issues, and suggests ways they can respond to problems such as disillusionment, alienation and dangerous trends and fads of popular culture as they relate to the issue of drug use. In these ways, the book guides teachers to better use what they already do to respond competently, responsibly and with sensitivity to the needs of their students.

Full Product Details

Author:   Sanford Weinstein
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.520kg
ISBN:  

9780805825954

ISBN 10:   0805825959
Pages:   282
Publication Date:   01 August 1999
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Contents: Preface. Introduction. Part I: Substance Abuse Prevention and Drug Education: Professional Issues and Concerns of Teachers. Teachers as Agents of Substance Abuse Prevention. Helping At-Risk Children in the Classroom: The Teacher as Surrogate Parent. School Violence and Substance Abuse Prevention. Part II: Theory and Practice in Drug Education and Substance Abuse Prevention. Moral Admonition and Secular Propaganda: Failed Strategies in Substance Abuse Prevention. Current Thought About Substance Abuse Prevention. Social Influences on Drug Use. Part III: Drug Education and Substance Abuse Prevention in Curricular Contexts: Social Policy and Government. Substance Abuse Prevention in the Context of Social Policy. Substance Abuse Prevention in the Context of Social Disillusionment. Substance Abuse Prevention in the Context of Distrust of Politicians and Antigovernment Attitudes. Substance Abuse Prevention in the Context of Drug Policy. Part IV: Drug Education and Substance Abuse Prevention in Curricular Contexts: Art and Culture. Substance Abuse Prevention in the Context of Art and Culture. Substance Abuse Prevention in the Context of Popular Culture. Substance Abuse Prevention in the Context of Cross-Cultural and International Comparison.

Reviews

Takes substance abuse education out of the exclusive domain of the drug educator or health professor and brings it into the realm of the total curriculum. I applaud the perspective that drug education needs to be addressed in all subject areas as a part of a teacher's responsibility to be receptive to the needs of all students....I also like the honest confrontation of the effectiveness of current drug education programs in the schools. This book is unique in pointing out the weaknesses of the traditional substance abuse education program and the compromising role the critical thinking teacher finds oneself in when teaching that curriculum. -Peggy Ishler University of Northern Iowa

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