| Abstract [eng] |
Human health takes an important place in a person's life. Adolescents are the future of the society, so it is necessary to take care of their health, to help them develop it themselves. New methodological and practical challenges for the development of social health arise, so effective health development is a priority for teachers. Object of the research: the development and self-development of adolescents' social health. Aim of the research - to investigate the peculiarities of adolescents‘ social health developemnt in Klaipėda city progymnasiums and to create a scientifically based theoretical hypothetical model of adolescents‘ social health development and self-development at school. Objectives: 1) to reveal the theoretical foundations of adolescent social health development and self-development; 2) to investigate teachers' opinion on peculiarities of adolescent health development in Klaipeda city progymnasiums; 3) to investigate teenagers' opinion on their social health and peculiarities of its self-development in Klaipėda city progymnasiums; 4) to create a scientifically based theoretical hypothetical model of adolescent social health development and self-development at school. Methods of the research: scientific literature analysis, analysis and synthesis of information, logical-constructive, data grouping method, written survey (questionnaire), statistical data analysis, descriptive statistics, graphical representation method. The first chapter of this thesis analyzes the scientific literature on the concept of social health, the assumptions of social health development and self-development in adolescence. Aspects of the phenomenon of adolescence in the education process, the social health status of adolescents in Lithuania and the factors influencing them are discussed. The sections of social health are distinguished: social awareness and culture, communication, prevention of risky behavior, ability to integrate successfully in society. The second chapter presents the structured results of the research on the development and self-development of adolesents‘ social health in Klaipėda city progymnasiums. It was investigated that teachers focus on the factors of social health development when developing social health, while adolescents are mostly influenced by external and internal factors in the process of self-development. Nearly half of the surveyed adolescents value their social health well, and so many teachers also value their students' social health well. Creating a theoretical hypothetical model of adolescents' social health development and self-development at school has made recommendations for school leaders and teachers. |
