Education Traditions of Public Schools Children Healthy Lifestyle in Transcarpathia (1919–1939)

Abstract

It is proved that the education of a healthy lifestyle of junior schoolchildren took place through information, training and actually educational activities aimed at the formation of sanitary and hygienic culture, healthy lifestyle, development good habits (adherence to the daily routine, proper diet, physical activity) and prevention of harmful habits (smoking, alcohol consumption, etc.).
 The aim of the article is to identify educational traditions of healthy lifestyle of primary school children; the analysis of the content of school textbooks used in Transcarpathian public schools during the interwar period for the content of materials on support and promotion of health.
 The main results of the study are to outline the possibilities of education of healthy lifestyle in primary education contents and their reflection in the subject “Citizenship Science and Education” (Civics). It has been established that the realization of the tasks took place according to the following scheme: stage 1 – educational activity aimed at the formation of hygienic culture, healthy lifestyle; 2 – acquaintance with the technologies of protection, preservation and promotion of health (rules of hygiene and sanitation, regime of the day, nutrition), aimed at forming the resistance of the organism to adverse environmental factors; 3 – physical activity as a health advantage, for children it includes games, sports, exercise, hiking, competitions, dancing, recreation or work, etc .; 4 – fight against bad habits.

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“…The formation of a healthy personality, both physically and spiritually, is a priority of every element of national modern education (ROZLUTSKA et al, 2020)…”