Kocha I. "Formation of a healthy lifestyle of primary school pupils (the second half of XX – early of XXI century)"

In modern society there is a transformation of social values, among which are increasingly dominated health care, harmonious human developments. The leading factors of such changes are the violation of the ecological balance in nature and environmental pollution, mass production of products of dubious quality at enterprises, the increase in the share of intellectual labor in the economic sector, which entails hypodynamia. These processes determine the relevance of the study of the phenomenon of health. Particular attention is paid to the formation of a healthy lifestyle of primary school pupils, as the fundamentals of a personal health, culture, compliance with the regime of the day are made at an early age. At the same time, the influence of modern information technologies, reduction of motor activity of schoolchildren, destruction in the value consciousness, age-related functional changes in the activities of various body systems, especially primary school pupils, led to deterioration in the health of children. That is why the problem of forming a healthy lifestyle of primary school pupils as one of the competencies of the State Standard of primary education is actualized. The object of research is the process of forming a healthy lifestyle of pupils. The subject of research is the content, forms and methods of formation of a healthy lifestyle of primary school pupils in the second half of XX – early XXI century. Research aim – on the basis of a holistic retrospective analysis of pedagogical theory and practice to reveal the content, forms and methods of formation of a healthy lifestyle of primary school pupils in the second half of XX – early XXI century and to determine the main directions of extrapolation of constructive experience in the modern educational industry. The practical significance of the results of the research lies in the fact that its results are reflected in the special course «Healthy lifestyle – healthy nation» and methodological recommendations «Content, forms and methods of forming a healthy lifestyle of pupils: historical and pedagogical retrospective». The developed materials can be used in institutions of higher education in the training of primary school teachers and teachers of physical culture, in the system of postgraduate pedagogical education and in the organization of work with teachers of General secondary education. Key words: health, healthy lifestyle, formation of healthy lifestyle, primary school pupils, primary school schoolchildren.