Educaţie pentru un mod sănătos de viaţă
Education for a Healthy Lifestyle

Summary/Abstract: The term “education for a healthy lifestyle” refers to the field of pedagogical action that may be identified at psychophysical education level – a general educational dimension based on the general value placed on the psychological and physical health of the subject of education (the preschooler, the primary school pupil and so on). Its general function, that of cultivating and developing the psychophysical consciousness of the subject of education, is fulfilled pedagogically through the specific goals that had been designed in terms of competence and social skills, specific contents targeting the various aspects of education: a) health; b) healthy diet; c) physical and mental hygiene; d) physical, psychological, and social security. The four specific content units of psychophysical education support the fulfillment of education for a healthy lifestyle in both the school environment and that outside the school, in a formal context (curricular areas, school disciplines, lessons etc.) as well as a nonformal one (specialized clubs, workshops etc.). From a pedagogical perspective, mental hygiene has an important part to play, being defined in terms of ”hygiene of learning”, dependent upon the quality of the school curriculum, at a general level (curriculum-based study plan), specific level (curriculum-based school programs and textbooks), and detailed level (lesson plans, conceived and implemented based on the curriculum in an open context).

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