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  • 17 - School Health Policies and Practices

  • from Part II - Ethics and Education in Practice
  • Edited by Sheron Fraser-Burgess, Ball State University, Indiana, Jessica Heybach, Florida International University, Dini Metro-Roland, Western Michigan University
  • Book:
    The Cambridge Handbook of Ethics and Education
    Published online:
    07 March 2024
    Print publication:
    14 March 2024, pp 352-372

  • Summary

    This chapter explores health policies and practices in schools, paying special attention to the presumed placement of health in schools and the ethical entanglements that arise because of this supposition. Evidence is provided to demonstrate that school health–related policies and practices are rarely born out of neutral “habits of mind” but are often influenced by various political, moral, and empirical agendas. In providing these historical and contemporary examples, research reveals important complexities and contestations. Ultimately, the chapter highlights the ethical problematics that are bound up in the taken-for-grantedness on giving schools complicated social problems to remedy. The chapter provides an alternative approach to health education through encouraging teachers and students to engage in critical explorations of existing health policies and projects. The authors hope to help unravel entanglements, expose contradictions, and shed light on the some of the ethical quandaries of these health-related projects.