THE ROLE AND INPORTANCE OF PRIMARY SCHOOL IN PROMOTING HEALTHY LIFESTYLE OF PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

V pričujoči magistrski nalogi smo preučili, na kakšen način šola spodbuja učence k zdravemu načinu življenja. V prvem delu smo se osredotočili na opredelitev pojma zdravje in zdrav življenjski slog. Opisali smo nekatere dejavnike tveganja za zdravje, natančneje pa smo opredelili telesno dejavnost in zdravo prehrano, ki pomembno pripomoreta h krepitvi in ohranjanju zdravja posameznika. Poleg dejavnikov smo pogledali vlogo in ukrepe šole pri spodbujanju otok k zdravemu načinu življenja, posebno pozornost smo namenili šolski svetovalni službi ter sodelovalnemu odnosu med šolsko svetovalno službo in učitelji. Magistrska naloga vključuje empirično raziskavo, narejeno na vzorcu učiteljev predmetnega in razrednega pouka. Temeljni namen raziskave je bil ugotavljati vlogo in ravnanje učiteljev pri spodbujanju zdravega načina življenja otrok in mladostnikov. Zanimalo nas je, kako pogosto učitelji sodelujejo pri dejavnostih, ki so povezane z zdravim načinom življenja, kako pogosto sodelujejo s šolsko svetovalno službo, kako pogosto spodbujajo učence k aktivnostim, ki so povezane z zdravjem pri rednem pouku, kakšen pomen pripisujejo posameznim učnim predmetom v osnovni šoli, kateri dejavniki po njihovem mnenju najbolj vplivajo na zdravje učencev ter preučiti njihovo usposobljenost na temo zdrav način življenja. Raziskava je bila opravljena na vzorcu 196 učiteljev iz osnovnih šol v Podravski regiji. Podatke smo zbrali s pomočjo anketnih vprašalnikov in jih obdelali s statističnim programom SPSS. Za izračun razlik glede na delovno mesto učiteljev smo uporabili χ² – preizkus in Mann-Whitneyjev U-preizkus. Pokazalo se je, da med učitelji razrednega in predmetnega pouka obstajajo razlike v oceni pomembnosti dejavnikov, v pogostosti sodelovanja pri izvedbi oz. organizaciji določenih dejavnosti, v pogostosti sodelovanja s šolsko svetovalno službo, v pogostosti izvajanja dejavnosti pri rednem pouku, v učiteljevi oceni predmetov v osnovni šoli in v usposobljenosti učiteljev.The following Master\u27s Thesis studies the way primary school encourages students to a healthy lifestyle. The first part focuses on defining the concepts health and a healthy lifestyle. Some risk-taking factors are described. There is also an elaboration on physical activity and a healthy diet that can both considerably aid in strengthening and maintaining a healthy individual. Besides those factors the role and measures school takes in encouraging a healthy lifestyle were also checked. Special attention was paid to school counselling and cooperation between school counsellors and teachers. The thesis includes an empirical research based on a sample of elementary and specialized teachers. The main goal of the research was to find out what role teachers have and how they handle to encourage a healthy lifestyle of children and teenagers. Research has been conducted on how often teachers are involved in activities connected to a healthy lifestyle, how often they cooperate with school counselling, how often they encourage students to health related activities during regular lessons, what importance they ascribe to individual school subjects in primary school, which factors in their opinion affect students\u27 health the most. Teachers\u27 qualifications in terms of a healthy lifestyle were also studied. Our research was conducted on a sample of 196 teachers from primary schools in the Drava region. Information was gathered with the help of questionnaires that were statistically analysed with the SPSS programme. To do a calculation of differences according to the teachers’ workplace we used the χ² test and the Mann-Whitney U test. The differences between elementary teachers and specialized teachers were shown in the judgement of the factors’ importance, in the frequency of carrying out certain activities, in the frequency of cooperation with school counselling, in the frequency of performing activities in regular lessons, in the teacher\u27s subject marks and their qualification