Education approach
AHI model argues that schoolchildren cannot directly impart information, only experience can enable students to construct their own knowledge.
Therefore, the AHI model approach to teaching is based on the idea that value is placed on discovering solutions together. School children construct knowledge, rather than just passively taking in information.
AHI has developed several educational activities to provide experience and to construct knowledge. As they experience the world and reflect upon those experiences, school children build their own representations and incorporate new information into their pre-existing knowledge.
The AHI HPS model acknowledges the importance of parents on education of their children and involve them in the educational activities.
Low health literacy coupled with persistent low mood is a major obstacle to adopting a healthy lifestyle.
Health teaching aims to provide access to health-related knowledge, attitudes, values. Life skills teaching aims to developing high self-esteem, aspiration, and providing the mental strength to overcome the structural and mental barriers.
Life skills development step-by-step approach:
Health literacy main topics are related to diet (nutrition), hygiene, activity, sleep, self-care and engagement with preventive healthcare.
These behaviours are modifiable, therefore, they are the focus of health promotion programmes. There week evidence that health literacy translates in behaviour change.
Classroom teaching format
Each learning topic is introduced by a video animation, drama or storytelling presentation. This is followed by a quiz game; a debate; a topic-based group discussion; and a concluding session when the schoolchildren set a goal aiming for behavioural change. In the group discussion, the teacher interacts with the children to address knowledge gaps identified in the quiz game and to identify solutions to the barriers identified in the debate. Goal-setting is in the hands of the children and they must set them. The teacher may need to help them with this through questions such as "what will you do?" or "what would you like to get out of this topic?"
Community education
These activities aim to motivate the whole school community to strive to uncover their true potential and overcome their weaknesses.
The AHI model advocates running a school community activity weekly. By engaging the school community in key areas of education, AHI model helps them to improve their cognitive processes and life skills.
Learn by play
The AHI model advocates running a school community activity once a week. This includes the Quiz and the Health Detective Games.
These are free community entertaining with learning benefits. It is fun, and the learning through play quiz and the health detective game help enrich learning and develop key skills such as inquiry, expression, experimentation, and teamwork.
Furthermore, it motivates the community to attend and retain the information presented in the community evening talk, which is the subject of the following quiz game. Moreover, it develop knowledge, intelligence, sense of community and belonging, social interaction, which also improves physical and mental health.
These educational activities have uncountable number of benefits: higher reasoning; decision-making; problem-solving; creative and critical thinking; communication and interpersonal skills; self-awareness and empathy; assertiveness; self-control; self esteem, and strategies for coping with emotions and stress.
Developing these attributes improves: resilience; health and social behaviour (e.g.: caring for oneself and others, trust, attachment, tolerance of others, reciprocity); social capital (e.g.: family ties, friends/friendship ties, and social networks); and prevents violence and radicalisation among community members.