HEALTH AS A MOTIVATIONAL FACTOR IN ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION
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| Year of publication | 2011 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | SCHOOL AND HEALTH 21 Education and Healthcare. |
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| Field | Pedagogy and education |
| Keywords | Transport; eco-therapeutic potential of nature; environmental education; quality of life; health promotion; sports activities; relaxation outdoors; sport; health education; health; environment |
| Description | In the paper we define the basic mental constructions of environmental education in the context of health education with an emphasis on the biophile orientation of school education. The curricular reform of the school system brought about a significant change in this area. It is based on an assumption that being “a cultural protector of health and the environment“ is an essential competence of an individual, which enables an awareness of the existing mutually causal, spontaneously realised relationships in the environment and thus influencing the quality of environment protection and consequently also health protection. Based on the hitherto research investigations the patterns of thinking about environmental problems is surveyed in student teachers and basic school pupils. Furthermore, perception of health related to environment protection is described. Special attention is paid to the environmental and health impact of transport, leisure and sport activities. The authors prove that health can become a significant motivational factor in the process of forming a relationship towards the environment. |
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