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A.Szerląg(Editedby),Healthinpedagogicaldiscoursesandschoolpractices.Selectedperspectives,Kraków2010
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Introduction
Teissueofhealthconstitutesacrucialelementofreflectionsoverbothhu-
manconditionandcontemporaryworld.Itsignificantlyembracestheaxiological
spheresofmeanings,withregardtowhichtheindividualdoesnotonlycarryout
theprocessofselfidentity,butalsodetermineslifeprioritieswhichaccomplish-
mentrequiressocialengagement.Inconsequence,thecategoryofhealthmanifest
itselfinvariousspheres–subjective,social,cultural,civic,economicorlastbut
notleast–educational.Hence,thereflectionstacklingthistopicbecomeaninter-
disciplinarydiscourse,sinceexercisedinthefiledofmedicine,sociology,psychol-
ogy,pedagogy,educationaswellaseconomy,politicalscienceandeventechnical
disciplines.
Itshouldbealsoemphasizedthatinthecontextoffindingsestablishedwithin
WorldHealthDeclarationandactionstrategiesintheEuropeanRegionofWHO
HealthforAllin21stcentury,healthisperceivedasindividualvaluebutalsoas
aformofacapitalcruciallyinfluencingthedevelopmentdynamicsofentiresocie-
ties.Terefore,inthisperspectivereachingoptimalhealthconditionbecomesone
ofinalienable,individualrights,withtheresponsibilityforindividualandsocial
healthasoneofcivicduties,embracingaswellthesphereofgovernmentalpoli-
cies.
Takingtheaboveintoconsideration,itisimpossiblenottoappreciatetherole
playedbyhealtheducation,directedatshapingpro-healthattitudes,enablingthe
establishmentofsocialcapitalofhealth.Hence,suchpedagogicaldiscourseplac-
inghealthinheartofitsattentionshallbeconsideredimportantinthecontextof
prioritiesofcontemporaryworld.
Presentingthejointpublication"Healthinpedagogicaldiscoursesandschool
practices.Selectedperspectives”wenurturehopethatduetoperspectivespre-
senteditwillbecomeapartofthereflectionstacklingtheissueofhealthand
particularly:
–healthinpostmodernsociety,
–educationalcontextsofhealth,
–healtheducationinitspracticaldimension.
TankstostandstakenbyresearchersfromPolandandCzechRepublicit
becamepossibletocreatediscursiveexaminationof: