title: [Health as a value and its rank in the education of prospective special pedagogues in their own autoreflection].
abstract: Health is an axiological category, which does not possess measurable matter parameters. The problem of health is sometimes raised in families, social circles and institutions. Due to the fact that students of special pedagogy have contacts with school children with health deficits, they have to be fully aware of the fact how significant predicator health is in their own development. The target of this study was to show the output of the research aimed at seeking an answer to the following question: What level of knowledge about health and its determinants in their own perception is presented by the students on the grounds of the educational specialty they have chosen? The research comprised 84 students of 1st, 3rd and 5th years of the faculty of special pedagogy (different specialties) aged from 18 to 24. The research material was collected by an interview questionnaire elaborated by themselves and categorized conversation ("a ladder") concerning three of the following basic questions: 1) the amount of general knowledge about health they possessed; 2) the amount of their knowledge of factors conditioning a human's state of health; 3) the amount of the awareness of the importance of one's care for his or her own health and for that of others. The output received in the research shows a mean degree of satisfaction of special pedagogy students with the level of their knowledge concerning health. Their statements connected with their self-assessment of that level should make one reflect upon the subject in question.
authors.affiliation: Katedra Pedagogiki Specjalnej, Akademia Pedagogiczna, 30-060 Kraków.
authors.forename: Elzbieta Maria
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Minczakiewicz
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002321:Career Choice; D019988:Children with Disabilities / Q000193:education; D004519:Education, Special; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011044:Poland; D011361:Professional Competence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012647:Self-Assessment; D012945:Social Values; D013334:Students / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires