Growing Flowers Program
The idea is to develop and implement a new education curriculum for children in the primary grades that includes life skills, character education, health and fitness and inclusive education and to include all kinds of children including those with disabilities. This program is particularly designed for schools in poor areas.
About You
Section 1: About You
First Name
John
Last Name
Martin
Website
School or Organization
Beijing City University
Country
China
Section 2: About Your Organization
School/Organization Name
Beijing City University
School/Organization Website
School/Organization Phone
86-10-62566550
School/Organization Address
5 Zhongguancun Bei Yi Jie, Room 301, Chengshi Da Jiang Tang, Haidian District, Beijing, 100190
School/Organization Country
Congo (Brazzaville)
Your idea
Are you a
Other
How does your innovation currently get kids (or how might it get kids) engaged in physical activity? How would your idea or project potentially be implemented during the school day?
My innovation is to create and implement a new health and fitness program for use in primary schools throughout the world. This innovation uses a new model of behavior change to develop lifetime fitness habits. The model may be described as follows: thoughts combined with good character--lead to positive behaviors which if maintained--lead to habits--lead to destiny. Existing fitness programs for kids fail to use this model with the result that they do not engage in healthy exercise as a lifetime behavior. The program is designed to be used in schools by integrting it into existing curricula subjects.
Name Your Project
Growing Flowers Program
How many children does this program currently or plan to serve? How much time does each child spend daily/weekly engaged in physical activity? (150 words max)
The plan is to test the program in 8 schools in different parts of the country. A total of approximately 350 students will be included. Two lessons are planned for each week with 45 minutes for each. Eventually the program could reach thousands of schools and millions of children.
Describe Your Idea
The idea is to develop and implement a new education curriculum for children in the primary grades that includes life skills, character education, health and fitness and inclusive education and to include all kinds of children including those with disabilities. This program is particularly designed for schools in poor areas.
Tell us the story behind the social innovator. (150 words max)
John Martin earned his doctoral degree in health and fitness education from Stanford University. After teaching courses at Stanford on health and fitness to university students at Stanford, he left in 1988 to work internationally. Since then he has worked in five countries: Russia, Belarus, India, Afghanistan and currently China. This work involves teaching at universities and devleoping educational programs for children.
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