METHODOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF THE ORGANIZATION OF MASS EVENTS ON THE PROBLEM OF FORMING THE HEALTH CULTURE OF STUDENTS

Abstract

The article reveals a problem of preserving and strengthening the health of modern schoolchildren through the implementation of mass events in general education institutions, the methodology of which is based on the principles of health culture education: taking into account the age characteristics of schoolchildren (biological, social, psychological), scientific validity, practical expediency, cultural conformity. The author examines the main components of the health culture, the methodological foundations of the organization, priorities and directions of mass work at school on the formation of a healthy lifestyle. The article formulates the components of the methodology of mass work on the formation of a health culture among students; provides examples of developed activities for teachers that are advisable to carry out throughout the school year in order to develop relevant competencies, exchange experience on the problem under consideration; provides examples of forms of organizing mass work, aimed at the formation of students’ knowledge on healthy and safe lifestyle. The presented material allows concluding that the systematic implementation of mass events at school on the problem of preserving and strengthening health will help form motivation among modern schoolchildren, relevant knowledge, skills and abilities, as well as a conscious attitude to their health and acceptance of it as the main value of life.