Background. Excursions in the kindergarten improve a comprehensive development of children as they create multi-sensory learning conditions, contribute to the development of interests and activities of social and cultural nature, are a source of physical activity, as well as emotional and aesthetic experience. They play a large part in preparing a child for the future role of a tourist, constituting its first contact with the forms of tourism and sightseeing. Material and methods. The aim of the research was to learn the opinion of kindergarten teachers and parents on the role of excursions in the development of preschool age children. The study concept was based on the method of a diagnostic survey. Results. For the majority of teachers excursion plays an important role in children’s cognitive development, forming their interests and care for health and physical fitness, shaping social, moral and patriotic behaviours. Parents give excursions mainly recreational importance. Conclusions. Both teachers and parents are aware of the significant impact of excursions on children’s development. However, there are units among the surveyed who consider touring a very difficult organizational form of activities for children and therefore they often change the opportunity of learning directly into forms of obtaining less significant, indirect knowledge. Teachers and parents should be encouraged to and provided with conditions allowing for frequent trips as a means of the full development of a child.
The article analyzes issues regarding Department of Pedagogy and Psychology students’ sense of purpose in life. It was established that it is the most essential problem a human being is faced with and to which a solution should be sought. The empirical material concerning students’ approaches to life’s meaning was collected during the studies. The results were interpreted depending on such factors as: sex, age and having a partner. All variables showed some significant differentiation and certain tendencies. Overall, the surveyed students have a positive attitude to life, except for uncertainty of their future. Generally, the respondents know what is important and valuable to them and what they want to achieve in life. However, every third respondent is not interested in the surrounding environment and the young students are not able to identify their interests and passions.
The decisive significance of the process of health promotion in school is to make students aware of the fact that health is a value that should be developed and strengthened as it is good in itself and it allows to obtain other values. The person who is best to assist a student in creating health potential is a competent, committed teacher with a rich personality. Teacher, as a guide to health education, introduces students to the aims of the actions for health and provides arguments which demonstrate the benefits of taking care of it. Moreover, a teacher prepares students to be capable of using the attained knowledge in the daily life and make decisions together with taking action to multiply their own health as well as others.
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W procesie promowania zdrowia w szkole decydujące znaczenie ma uświadomienie uczniom tego, że zdrowie jest wartością, którą należy rozwijać i umacniać, gdyż jest ono dobrem samym w sobie oraz umożliwia uzyskiwanie innych wartości. Osobą, która w najlepszy sposób wspomoże ucznia w tworzeniu potencjału zdrowia, jest kompetentny, zaangażowany, o bogatej osobowości nauczyciel. Jako przewodnik po edukacji zdrowotnej, zapoznaje uczniów z celami działań na rzecz zdrowia i dostarcza argumentów, które świadczą o korzyściach płynących z dbania o nie. Przygotowuje uczniów do tego, aby potrafili wykorzystywać zdobytą wiedzę w codziennym życiu oraz dokonywali wyborów i podejmowali decyzje i działania na rzecz pomnażania zdrowia własnego i innych.