title: Student participation: a democratic education perspective--experience from the health-promoting schools in Macedonia.
abstract: The paper addresses the issue of student participation from the perspective of the health-promoting schools initiative. It draws on experience from the Macedonian Network of Health-Promoting Schools and its collaboration with the Danish as well as other country networks within the European Network of Health-Promoting Schools. Student participation is viewed as one of the main focal points of the conceptual framework and model of a health-promoting school developed within the Macedonian context. This model and the model distinguishing between two different qualities of participation-genuine and token participation-are presented and discussed in the paper. Underpinning values that these models endorse as important for the processes of health promotion in schools include self-determination, participation, democracy, diversity and equity.
authors.affiliation: Research Programme for Environmental.ealth Education, Danish University of Education, Emdrupvej 101 2400 Copenhagen NV, Denmark. vs@dpu.dk
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Simovska
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003709:Democracy; D003718:Denmark; D005060:Europe; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D018843:Republic of North Macedonia; D012572:School Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data