Active Teaching Methods as Effective Means for Healthy Lifestyle Formation at Health and Safety Training Course

Abstract

The literary sources analysis on the pedagogically reasonable ways and practical application was conducted in the paper. The authors also studied the scholars’ healthy lifestyle motivation methods. The school plays the significant role in the healthy lifestyle knowledge, skills and habits formation. The paper is devoted to the middle-scholars’ healthy lifestyle knowledge formation peculiarities. The students learn the upper “Health and Safety” training course information including extracurricular activities. The authors pay particular attention to the level of formation of the studied feature. The worked out methodology based on active teaching methods is also diagnosed. The classes activity (critical thinking development technology, group work on “World Café” technology, interactive “brainstorming” teaching method and others), extracurricular activities (creative tasks, cinquain composition, etc.), sports activities (participation in sports competitions, games, contests, relay races) aimed at healthy lifestyle formation, script writing, video and its presentation, etc.) are described in the paper. The criterial apparatus based on the following interrelated components was elaborated: cognitive (characterizes a person's health knowledge); motivational one (determines the motivation features for healthy lifestyle cognition); active one (assumes healthy lifestyle implementation). To the components taken as a basis, the formation indicators and levels were formulated (high, medium, low). The adapted specific research methods were presented in diagnosis by each component. The authors present the research results which evaluate the middle-scholars’ healthy lifestyle methodology effectiveness. The active teaching methods are used in the case.