Course: Health Education

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Course title Health Education
Course code USP/Z9VZ
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Plisková Barbora, PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
- Theoretical and applied analysis of a three-dimensional view of health (social, mental, physical health). - Determinants of health. Healthy lifestyle. - Health literacy and its role in health care. - Analysis of the position of health education in interdisciplinary contexts. - Comparison of health education in a foreign context. - Atypical position of educational areas of the curriculum. - Methods of health education and their use. - Prevention of injuries and risky behavior in students. - Extracurricular facilities and their functions. - Health education. - Drug education. - Sex education. - Environmental education. - Healthy School Project.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
  • Participation in classes - 28 hours per semester
  • Term paper - 20 hours per semester
  • Preparation for course credit - 12 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
unspecified
unspecified
learning outcomes
characterize dimensions of health, including physical, mental, and social health.
characterize dimensions of health, including physical, mental, and social health.
explain the position of health education in the curriculum.
explain the position of health education in the curriculum.
comprehensively explain health literacy and its significance for personal health and well-being.
comprehensively explain health literacy and its significance for personal health and well-being.
propose measures for the prevention of health problems in the context of both school and extracurricular education.
propose measures for the prevention of health problems in the context of both school and extracurricular education.
provide information about the importance of prevention in the field of health.
provide information about the importance of prevention in the field of health.
Skills
utilize principles of health education in the educational environment.
utilize principles of health education in the educational environment.
apply health concepts in the school environment to support students.
apply health concepts in the school environment to support students.
implement educational activities focused on health.
implement educational activities focused on health.
provide information about health-related preventive measures.
provide information about health-related preventive measures.
support health not only within the school environment but also beyond it.
support health not only within the school environment but also beyond it.
teaching methods
Knowledge
Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing)
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing)
assessment methods
Analysis of seminar paper
Analysis of seminar paper
Written examination
Written examination
Recommended literature
  • American Academy of Pediatrics. (2011). American Academy First Aid for Families: A Parent´s Guide to Safe and Healthy Kids. Jones & Bartlett Publishers.
  • Božik, R. Realizácia primárnej prevencie drogových závislostí a iných sociálno-patologických javov v základných školách TSK. In Szimethová, M. Študentské Fórum XIII. Zlín: UTB FHS, 2013.
  • Kaplan, M. Zdravie a správanie človeka. Bratislava: SPN, 1996.
  • Křivohlavý, J. Psychologie zdraví. Praha: Portál, 2001.
  • Kubátová, D. (2009). Výchova ke zdraví. Praha: Grada.
  • Liba, J. Výchova k zdraviu. Prešov: MC, 2002.
  • Řehulka, E., & Řehulková, O. Učitelé a zdraví. Brno: Psychologický ústav AV ČR, 2002.


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