У статті розглянуто соціальні та педагогічні проблеми збереження здоров’я молодших школярів. Розкрито особливості сучасної системи освіти, спрямованої на розв’язання проблеми збереження та зміцнення здоров’я учнівської молоді. Визначено роль і значення фізичного виховання молодших школярів у поєднанні з духовним як пріоритетних напрямів реформування освіти в Україні.
В статье рассмотрены социальные и педагогические проблемы сохранения здоровья младших школьников. Раскрыты особенности современной системы образования, направленной на решение проблем сохранения и укрепления здоровья ученической молодежи. Определены роль и значение физического воспитания младших школьников в сочетании с духовным как приоритетных направлений реформы образования в Украине.
The article deals with the social and pedagogical problem of younger schoolchildren health protection. We emphasize that education of spiritual, psychic and physically healthy children is the urgent problem because some experts observe the decadence of many indications of children’s life quality. These are: sedentary lifestyle, educational deficiency, aggressive informational environment, social adversity. They affect children’s organisms. It is stressed that modern educational system is to solve some important tasks in schoolchildren health protection. This problem is realized through implementation of different prophylactic healthy lifestyle programs into school practice. These programs aim to make children understand the importance of health protection. We insist that main attention of educational establishments should be paid to using different means and forms of physical education. Physical education is closely connected not only with mental, aesthetic but also with spiritual education. The role and meaning of younger schoolchildren physical education which is connected with spiritual one has been determined. Spiritual education is a priority tendency of Ukrainian educational system reforming because the problem of spiritual education has social character and provides educational process with new values, ideals and outlooks for a person who will live in a new society. Spiritual values and desire to physical training are formed in the process of physical education in the best way when this process uses health protection technologies.
