PEDAGOGICAL PRINCIPLES OF FORMING A VALUE ORIENTATION ON HEALTH AND HEALTHY LIFESTYLE AMONG UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

Abstract

The article studies reasons of deteriorating health of modern youth and the processes of updating their attitudes toward health and healthy lifestyles. Approaches to the formation of value orientation of young people to health and healthy lifestyles are investigated, the author’s interpretation of this concept is offered. The conclusion about the need to identify the leading factors of the described process, summarized in the principles. Using the scientific data, social trends and the author’s experience the pedagogical principles of forming a value orientation on health and healthy lifestyles among university students are proposed. The following principles have been singled out: a) monitoring of current social risks affecting health and the study of effective modern developments in the field of health-saving technologies; b) extension of general psychological expertise, to the age and personality of both teachers and students; c) using digital opportunities to promote health values among young people; d) reliance on the resources of the educational organization to promote health-saving behavior among students. The practical significance of the proposed solutions the prospects for further development of the issue is shown.