Possibilites of Implementing Healt Education in Subject of Science and Society

Abstract

Nastavni predmet Priroda i društvo posljednjih je pedesetak godina dio Nastavnog plana i programa osnovne škole u Republici Hrvatskoj koji se poučava u prva četiri razreda osnovne škole. Metodika Prirode i društva samostalna je znanstvena disciplina koja proučava zakonitosti nastave Prirode i društva. Sadržaji nastavnog predmeta biraju se iz prirodnih znanosti, društvenih znanosti te iz nekih posebnih područja među kojima je i zdravstveni odgoj. Rad se bavi mogućnostima ostvarivanja zdravstvenog odgoja u nastavi Prirode i društva. Nastavni plan i program zdravstvenog odgoja (2013) sastoji se od 4 modula koji su integrirani u postojeće predmete. O zdravstvenome odgoju u hrvatskom odgojno-obrazovnom sustavu na kraju 20. stoljeća saznajemo, prije svega, iz radova Prkić (1986) i Herceg (1987). Postoje mnoge kritike Nastavnog plana i programa zdravstvenog odgoja, a neki od autora spominju se u ovom radu. Analiza udžbenika „Naš svijet“ (2014) pokazala je kako su sadržaji zdravstvenog odgoja u nastavi Prirode i društva najviše zastupljeni u 1. razredu i to su sadržaji iz modula Živjeti zdravo. Najmanje korelacije zdravstvenoga odgoja i nastave Prirode i društva ima u 3. razredu. Najviše je zastupljen modul Živjeti zdravo što je očekivano s obzirom na dob učenika. Na kraju rada proveden je strukturirani intervju kojim su se željeli utvrditi stavovi učitelja prema zdravstvenom odgoju i koliko je, prema njihovom mišljenju, zdravstveni odgoj zastupljen u nastavi Prirode i društva. Intervjuirani učitelji izjasnili su se kako uvođenje Nastavnog plana i programa zdravstvenog odgoja (2013) nije utjecalo na promjene u izvedbenim programima pojedinih nastavnih predmeta, ali je donijelo više administracije.School subject Science and Society has been a part of elementary school program in Republic of Croatia for the last fifty years but during school reform in 1972. it has emerged under a unique name Science and Society for the first four classes of elementary school. Methodic Science and Society is an independent science discipline that studies rightness of a class Science and Society. Contents are being picked from natural sciences, social sciences and from some other places such as health education. Thesis talk about the possibilities of achieving health education in school subject Science and Society. School program for health education (2013) is composed of 4 modules that are integrated in existing school subjects. Information about health education in Croatian educational system in the end of 20th century can be found in the articles Prkić (1986) and Herceg (1987). There is a lot of criticism for health education, some of which is also present in this thesis. The analysis of a textbook "Naš svijet" (2014) has shown that health education content in Science and Society school subject is being present by the largest percentage during the first class of elementary shool. This contents are from a module "Live healthy“. The smallest amount of correlation between health education and school subject Science and Society is in the third grade. Module "Live healthy" is present by a largest margin which is expected considering the age of students. End of the article is made of structured interview with the goal to determine schoolteacher's stance about health education and how much is it, according to them, being present in schooling. Interviewed schoolteachers said that introduction of a Health education curriculum (2013) did not impact the changes in implementing programs of specific school subjects, however, it brought more paperwork