HEALTH CULTURE OF THE CHILD OF PRESCHOOL AGE – KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS FOR A HEALTHY WAY OF LIFE AND POSITIVE ATTITUDE TO HEALTH
Journal Title: Духовність особистості: методологія, теорія і практика - Year 2019, Vol 2, Issue 89
Abstract
The present study, being theoretical in its nature, aims at outlining the contours of the concept and terminology apparatus of competency- based approach in the context of health education for preschool-age children in the Bulgarian educational system, as follows: "Key Competencies", which are identified as the base for the sustainable and health development of a preschool child. These are defined as a combination of knowledge and skills, attitudes and valuation relations, the lack of which makes it impossible to execute certain activity and behavior. "Expected Results" from health education as stipulated in Ordinance No. 13 of preschool education and its aspects of content: physical, social and mental health, which are deducted in the so-called fields of competence. The expected results are formulated, specified and operationalized on the basis of the existing taxonomies specifically described in three categories - theoretical knowledge, practical experience, skills and attitude of the child of preschool age. The above are a necessary condition for the achievement of positive health culture, which will cause higher levels of health literacy, as a result of health education and individual behavior of the child, which reflects mastered significant health and hygiene knowledge, as well as personal, cognitive and social skills - orientated towards communication and directed towards environmental protection. The above determine the child's motivation and ability to understand and use information in ways that encourage and maintain a healthy lifestyle as a lasting habit and a life stereotype. The tasks to be used for the achievement of the objective are as follows: To determine the nature and objectives of health education within the Bulgarian preschool educational system; To specify the ways and forms of implementation of the health education, which provide preschool children an opportunity to acquire not only health knowledge and endorsing health values, but also to adopt healthy behavior based on perceptive training; To follow the connection of the compentency-based approach and framework requirements for the results from health education, with a focus on the fields of competence at preschool age.
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Bilyana Mladenova Kaloferova
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