Podstawa programowa jako szansa wspierania profilaktyki zachowań ryzykownych uczniów szkoły podstawowej w świetle koncepcji resilienc
The Core Curriculum as an Opportunity to Prevent Risky Behavior in Elementary School Pupils in Light of the Concept of Resilience

Summary/Abstract: The effectiveness of addiction prevention aimed at children and adolescents currently seems to stir up a lot of emotions and calls to verify its theoretical background. The shift from defensive prevention to positive prevention is becoming successful, yet remains insufficient in education. An interesting approach to the process of preventing addiction in children and adolescents is the concept of resilience, which posits that the individual resilience of a person helps them positively adapt or persist in difficult situations, which are considered risky for their proper functioning. At the same time, the lack of awareness about addiction among children and adolescents and the rising threats posed by young people’s use of substances and adoption of addictive activities suggests that the schools should be one of the first sites of systemic solutions for support and prevention. Based on these assumptions, the author analyzed the general education core curriculum for pupils in years IV–VII of elementary school, in order to verify its goals and educational content in relation to the established indicators for building resilience in students. The results illustrate a lack of consistency or connections between the various educational goals and content, which indicates an inability of schools to consciously design educational content to strengthen pupils’ individual resources of resilience.

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