| Abstract [eng] |
E. Adaškevičienė and N. Strazdienė reveal (2013), that health promotion is a process which controls the conditions determining health and thus improves health. The performed analysis of scientific literature and documents allows one to presume that building of the children‘s health promotion competence in the preschool age is an important issue. This implies the scientific problem – what are the possibilities of building children‘s health promotion competences in preschool age: from the point of view of parents and teachers? The subject of the work – possibilities of building children‘s health promotion competences in preschool age. The purpose of the work is to analyse possibilities of building children‘s health promotion competences in preschool age: from the point of view of parents and teachers. Tasks of the work: 1. To reveal the notion of health promotion competence and the importance of healthy lifestyle. 2. To determine characteristics of preschool age children and their specific needs. 3. To analyse peculiarities of building health promotion competences in preschool age. 4. To assess the parents‘attitude towards possibilities of building health promotion competences in preschool age. 5. To assess the teachers‘ attitude towards possibilities of building health promotion competences in preschool age. Methods of work: analysis of scientific literature and documents; questionnaire survey (on the internet), statistic and quantitative analysis of the results. Analysis of scientific literature and documents revealed that health promotion is a multiaspect activity including a complex of measures, such as building of health competences, healthcare, creation of favorable psychosocial and physical environment. Healthy lifestyle in preschool age is especially important because it helps to remain healthy, safe and improves health. In order to reinforce the skills of healthy lifestyle one should form understanding of health as a value, teach children to know and understand themselves, provide knowledge about strengthening of health and healthy lifestyle in everyday life. Analysis of scientific literature enables us to say that preschool age is a special and at the same time difficult period, because it determines the success of further education and quality of life. For children the age of three-five years is especially important for a child‘s development, because it is in this age when intensive biological maturation of the child‘s brain goes on, and this process determines the manifestation of the child‘s natural abilities, their physical, emotional, social development. A child-oriented education in kindergarten is the only place where a teacher may reveal the needs of a preschool age child and steer them on the right course. Analysis of scientific literature revealed that the health promotion competence means living the healthy way, to move and learn safely. Health promotion is the basic measure helping to form the behavior, attitude and the fundamental principles of healthy lifestyle. In order to efficiently promote the child‘s social skills and to ensure their optimal emotional, physical development, it is necessary to take into consideration the peculiarities of the child‘s development, to create safe educational environment, to integrate the health promotion measures into the educational process. Implementation of health promotion is based on the preschool teachers‘health promotion activities, professional skills, competences as well as on cooperation between the preschool institutions and the families. Based on assessment of attitude of the parents towards possibilities of building children‘s health promotion competences in preschool age, it has been determined that Lithuanian educational institutions implement prevention programs, first aid skills, promote their pupils‘ health, the health promotion activities are integrated into the everyday routine. In the parents‘opinion, regular assessment of the children‘s health in kindergartens which helps to analyse the current situation and to suggest further strategies of the children‘s health promotion. Based on assessment of attitude of the teacher‘s towards possibilities of building children‘s health promotion competences in preschool age, it has been found out that the prevention programs are always implemented in Lithuania, projects and programs are being created, events are held on the topics of children‘s health promotion. The teachers state that the kindergarten heads always encourage and support initiatives connected with children‘s health promotion. Possibilities to attract parents to the educational activities are very important for teachers. |
