Health Education – syllabuses, methods and results in the secondary school
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Autor:
Żeber-Dzikowska, Ilona
Źródło: Annales Universitatis Paedagogicae Cracoviensis. 150, Studia ad Didacticam Biologiae Pertinentia 3 (2013), s. [92]-109
Język: en
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health educationcurricula of secondary school
methods of teaching
Data: 2013
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Dokument cyfrowy wytworzony, opracowany, opublikowany oraz finansowany w ramach programu "Społeczna Odpowiedzialność Nauki" - modułu "Wsparcie dla bibliotek naukowych" przez Ministerstwo Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyższego w projekcie nr rej. SONB/SP/465103/2020 pt. "Organizacja kolekcji czasopism naukowych w Repozytorium UP wraz z wykonaniem rekordów analitycznych".Streszczenie
The fight against many diseases will not bring the expected results if human beings do not
acquire the appropriate health-related knowledge. It allows people to undertake a number of
preventive actions to avoid falling ill and to minimize the impact of diseases.
From the very early age, people learn the principles of personal hygiene and how to take care
of their own safety, which in the future will prevent them from many dangerous diseases and
will help them maintain good health.
In schools, a very important role is played by the classes conducted in the range of the first
aid since they supply students not only with the knowledge in this field, but also with some
practical skills. They allow, if necessary, to undertake a quick action, often the action that
saves someone’s life.
Health Education should be an integral part of the school education in all school types. For
that reason, ‘the basic work’ is very important; such work focuses on repeating certain
behavioural patterns so as to take care of the physical and mental health. It should be started
at the very young age. Together with the development of children and young people, the
health-related contents should be improved, and should be made suitable for the age and
needs of young people.
Still, the realisation of Health Education is essential. However, “is it always realized by
Biology teachers to such extent as they would like it to be taught themselves?” To answer
this question, research was conducted in seven upper secondary schools situated in Kielce.
It appeared that the realisation of Health Education is made difficult due to the lack of the
independent and accessible syllabuses of Health Education and due to an insufficient number
of hours for its realisation. Varied extent to which students are interested in the subject
matter requires the employment of the most interesting methods to discuss the contents.
To improve the effectiveness, the health-related issues should be considered as a separate
school subject realised by some teachers who would have their personal theme range to
cover, according to their qualifications.