ПІДГОТОВКА МАЙБУТНЬОГО ВЧИТЕЛЯ ПОЧАТКОВОЇ ШКОЛИ ДО ВИКЛАДАННЯ ПРЕДМЕТА “ОСНОВИ ЗДОРОВ’Я”

Abstract

This article considers the actual aspects of the training of students of pedagogical universities for teaching “Health basics” subject in elementary school, upbringing the pupils’ valuable attitude to their own lives and conscious striving for healthy lifestyle. The role of the discipline “Methodology of study valeology, fundamentals of safety in elementary school” in the person-professional formation of future teachers, capable of forming health-saving competence in an efficient way regarding primary school pupils. Students should realize that the educational integrated discipline “Health basics” has an applied nature and complex structural organization, which includes informational, operational and motivational components. The emphasis is on the need for the students’ability of effective use of interactive technologies at the lessons of the health basics and in extracurricular work. The peculiarities of teaching the “Health basics” subject in primary school are analyzed, the information, provided concerning the experience of using the innovative approaches during the training of future teachers and the results of the questionnaire for students on the direction of training “Primary education” regarding their lifestyle. Among the negative aspects of the students’ lifestyle were the following: hypodynamia, inappropriate nutrition, violation of sanitary and hygiene requirements regarding work and rest regime. It is shown that a teacher is the very person who can succeed in forming the health culture of primary school pupils and for whom the principles of healthy lifestyle became their own life principles.