Children´s conceptions of health, illness, death and anatomy of the human body

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Authors

ŽALOUDÍKOVÁ Iva

Year of publication 2010
Type Article in Proceedings
Conference Řehulka, E. (ed.). School and Health 21. Health education: Contexts and Inspiration.
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Education

Citation
Field Pedagogy and education
Keywords children conceptions of health and illness; children conceptions of death; anatomical conceptions; health education
Description This paper focuses on children s naive, spontaneuos conceptions and perceptions of health, illness, death, anatomy of the human body as an important starting points for health education for children on primary school level. It presents research on this issue conducted by autor in the Czech Republic in Brno area. It also provides a comparison of scientific theories and children s perceptions and emphasises the necessity of understanding children s naive conceptions in order to help teachers to induce pupil s conceptual change in the educational process.
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