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Background. Despite the known benefits of physical activity for children, inactivity levels remain high in Europe. Schools are considered ideal settings for promoting physical activity. Nonetheless, they often fail to achieve their full potential in increasing the levels of exercise among students. This study aimed to examine the current evidence regarding physical activity promotion in the European...
Background. In the recent years, the birth rate among teenage girls has decreased. Although more and more teenagers, especially girls, begin their sexual lives earlier, their knowledge on contraception is usually unsatisfactory and a significant number of adolescents either do not use contraception or use unreliable contraception methods. The lack of sex education at schools leads to teenage students’...
The objective of the study was to assess the status of physical education at different levels of school education in rural and urban areas of Przemyśl County. The study included physical education teachers working in primary, middle and high schools. The analysis showed that most of the schools in the city have better conditions for the implementation of obligatory physical education classes. In addition,...
Background: The purpose of the research was to check opinions of students of various stages of education in the Pomeranian province about the attractiveness of Nordic Walking in comparison with other activities. Material/Methods: About 500 intentionally selected students participated in the survey. These were students of 11-18 years of age. Half of them participated in Nordic walking PE lessons. The...
Providing the population with safe and good quality food is one of the most important objectives of every country. The outbreak and spread of foodborne diseases is independent of a country’s location or development level, and may occur everywhere. As most children spend their days at educational institutions, we shall focus on their food safety. Not only for their present state of health, but also...
Background. In childhood and adolescence, adequate nutrition is vital for ensuring correct physical, mental and emotional development as well as effective learning ability. Thus, the acquiring of such healthy lifestyle behaviour is also important later in adult health. Objectives. To assess and compare the dietary habits of pupils attending middle school in Poland and the Czech Republic, who live...
The Common Agriculture Policy’s Fruit Scheme and School Milk Program are EU-wide institutional attempts to encourage consumption of selected food products among children by increasing their availability in schools. The number of pupils participating in both schemes in Poland has reached more than 67% and 38% of the appropriate target groups. Pilot studies, carried out in 2010 and 2011, indicate what...
Post 1989, major changes have been made in the teaching of Geography at school. Until then, Geography was expected to provide pupils with "reliable" and "stable" information. For this reason, great emphasis was placed on the astronomical underpinnings of geography, characteristic features of the geographical environment (particularly geological structure and relief) as well as...
The paper presents the results of a pilot study on post-secondary school students' interest in geography itself and geography university studies as well as an approach to geography as a scientific discipline. The continuous drop in post-secondary students' population poses a problem to universities, including the field of geography, therefore the research findings may be the support for taking steps...
The article describes the process and procedures of allowing geography textbooks for schools for the public use by an expert appointed by the Minister of Education. The author shares comments on former and present forms and structures of a review along with their flaws and merits. Observations concerning the cooperation between the experts and the publishers of textbooks are also presented, as well...
The objecive of the paper is to answer the following questions: • How was the role of Geography among other school subjects was changing during education system transformation in Poland? • How were the students' attitudes towards Geography as a school subject were changing at that time? In order to meet the above objectives, a three-stage survey was conducted: in 1989, in 2002 and in 2010. Questionnaire...
The paper deals with the issue of economic effectiveness of education. It has been assumed that education is possible thanks to the system of objective evaluation of teaching results on individual levels of education and thanks to the recording of expenditures by school authorities. On that basis an attempt has been made to separate the factors determining the effectiveness of expenditures made.
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