THE FORMATION OF BASICS HEALTH AND SAFETY LIFE COMPETENCIES FROM GENERAL EDUCATION SCHOOLSTUDENTS

Abstract

The article is devoted to the problems of formulating health care and safety of life competence. The article presents the history of the formation and development of health care in pedagogy. The article identifies the main competencies of the 8th-grade courses “Fundamentals of Health” and “Human Biology”. Ascertaining experiment, which was conducted among 8‑form students indicates that the majority consider the course “Fundamentals of Health” — 57.2% necessary to study, but 34.5% of students want a more practical orientation of learning. The formation of students’ competencies of the basics of health and safety of life is considered in the article as a step-by-step process based on the theory of knowledge and should take place in the following stages: empirical, conceptual, and creative, corresponding to the levels of basic concepts: initial, medium, high. In the formative experiment the study of these natural disciplines is carried out using modular learning, which involves the transition of the student to the position of a real subject of educational activity, the basic concepts are highlighted. The use of the educational module involves the structuring of the material, the organization of independent work of students and the implementation of educational tasks, practical work with the application of active teaching methods (problem situations, business games). The structuring of educational material involves its division into blocks: information, practical, integration, control, and testing of knowledge. The humanistic approach is carried out by supplementing the course programs with topics of International Humanitarian Law. The content and activity component of the process, as well as the pedagogical conditions for the formation of students’ competencies in the basics of health and safety of life, have been developed. The methods which it is expedient to use in the course of formation of the given competence at students of comprehensive schools are defined.