The Importance of Developing Health Literacy in Undergraduate Teacher Training in the Czech Republic

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

The Importance of Developing Health Literacy in Undergraduate Teacher Training in the Czech Republic

Original language description

The present paper focuses on the importance of developing health literacy among future teachers, i.e. students of teacher training courses, who can in the framework of ISCED 0 to ISCED 3 induce a positive approach to their health and lifestyle and at the same time increase the level of health literacy among the upcoming generation in the Czech Republic. The requirement to develop health literacy among the young generation is based on the fact that 60% of the current adult population in the Czech Republic shows low to problematic level of health literacy. National health promotion programmes based on the concept of the World Health Organization aim to improve the situation and, inter alia, increase the level of health literacy among Czech citizens. One of the strategic areas as defined by these documents is the area of education. This paper analyses the study plans of four selected faculties of education in the CR where future teachers are trained by means of the Educational propaedeutic module and Teacher qualification module with an emphasis on disciplines that develop the level of health literacy among future teachers. These disciplines are present in the teacher training plans of all four faculties, but are based on different concepts (particularly with regard to the number and nature of the disciplines and their inclusion among mandatory courses, core elective courses and optional courses). Given the current level of health literacy among the population and the potential of developing health literacy in students during school attendance, it would be desirable to strengthen the portfolio of disciplines in relation to health literacy.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

D - Article in proceedings

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50301 - Education, general; including training, pedagogy, didactics [and education systems]

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2019

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Article name in the collection

6th SWS International Scientific Conference on Social Sciences 2019: Conference Proceedings

ISBN

978-619-7408-94-2

ISSN

2682-9959

e-ISSN

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Number of pages

8

Pages from-to

533-540

Publisher name

STEF92 Technology Ltd.

Place of publication

Sofia

Event location

Albena

Event date

Aug 26, 2019

Type of event by nationality

WRD - Celosvětová akce

UT code for WoS article

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