"A comprehensive collection of best practices in public health education. As more students are drawn to public health as a field of study and a profession, bringing varied backgrounds and experiences with them, the number of public health programs and schools of public health has grown substantially. How can teachers meet the changing needs of incoming students--and ensure that graduates have the knowledge, skills, and attributes to pursue further education and forge successful careers in public health? Aimed at experienced and new teachers alike, this timely volume is a cutting-edge primer on teaching public health around the globe. Bringing together leaders in the field with expertise across the educational continuum, the book combines the conceptual underpinnings needed to advance curricula with the resources to train and support faculty in innovative teaching methods."--Publisher.

• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Contributors
• Part I: The Past and the Present
  • 1. The Evolution of Public Health Teaching
  • 2. The Current State of Public Health Education
  • 3. A Conceptual Orientation to Public Health Teaching
• Part II: The Public Health Teaching Continuum
  • 4. Activating Public Health Learning for Adolescents and Young Adults
  • 5. Undergraduate Education in Public Health
  • 6. Community Colleges and Public Health: Building the Continuum of Public Health Education
  • 7. Master of Public Health Education
  • 8. The DrPH Degree in Contemporary Public Health Education
  • 9. Lifelong Learning
  • 10. Interprofessional Education
• Part III: Innovation in Public Health Teaching
  • 11. Public Health Course Design
  • 12. Engaging the Public Health Student through Active and Collaborative Learning
  • 13. Teaching Cultural Competency for Twenty-First-Century Public Health Practice
  • 14. Teaching in a Diverse Classroom: A Student-Centered Approach
  • 15. Innovative Active Learning in Public Health
  • 16. Practice-Based Teaching in Public Health
  • 17. Teaching Public Health by the Case Method
  • 18. Group-Based Service Learning Teaching Approaches
  • 19. Effective Collaborative Learning Experiences: It Is All in the Design
  • 20. Navigating Difficult Conversations in Public Health Classrooms
  • 21. Public Health Education and Service Learning
  • 22. Technology in Teaching
  • 23. Teaching Support, Training, and Supporting Teaching Assistants
  • 24. Innovations in Evaluating and Valuing Public Health Teaching: The Challenges of Course Evaluations
• Part IV: The Present and the Future
  • 25. Responding Interprofessionally to a Complex World: The Impact on Public Health Education and Workforce
  • 26. Envisioning a Future for Public Health Education across the Life Course
• Index