Health Education

Through the bachelor's degree program, graduates will acquire the necessary skills to critically reflect on the application of pedagogical and psychological knowledge in the practice of teaching assistants or other educational professionals (e.g., youth workers in youth homes, after-school club workers, various civic associations involved in educational activities) and to act appropriately.

““Health is not everything, but without health, everything else is nothing.” (Halfdan Mahler)”

The program develops analytical and comparative skills that enable students to understand the diverse realities of education and to use subject-specific, pedagogical, and psychological curriculum documents in their work for planning, implementing, and reflecting on educational activities. It develops communication skills that are important for communication and cooperation with students/clients, colleagues at work, parents of students/clients, and professionals in the field. A significant benefit of the study is the development of self-reflective skills, which provide space for the development of attitudes towards oneself, towards the individuals being educated, and towards the profession: perception of the responsibility of the teaching profession, acceptance of the moral obligations of the helping profession and its ethics.

The study emphasizes the competency model of the curriculum, the principle of interdisciplinarity (the interconnection of certain pedagogical and psychological subjects); the principle of transdisciplinarity; the principle of progression and gradation of topics and subjects, from more general to more specific. The concept is further characterized by the interconnection of theory and practice. Reflective pedagogical practice is an important part of the concept. The principles of reflection on practice and self-reflection are linked to both practice and other experience-oriented subjects. An important part of the concept is also the support of inclusion and the support of digitization and internationalization, which are perceived as cross-cutting themes (also supported by a separate subject).

The aim of the three-year bachelor's degree program in health education is to prepare specialists with a broad social science foundation focused on pedagogical and psychological disciplines and to prepare graduates for a follow-up master's degree program in Health Education Teaching for Elementary Schools. During the program, emphasis is placed on developing professional skills and acquiring knowledge in health sciences, psychosocial fields, and related scientific disciplines, which graduates will use in practice and, if applicable, in further master's studies. The program includes acquiring specialized knowledge and skills from schools and institutions focused on primary and secondary prevention.

Practical training

An integrating component of the studies includes reflected practical teacher training. The system of practical teacher training is designed to develop the students’ professional competences also by means of reflections of the educational reality and self-reflections. In this way the students become fully competent experts in the area of health education.

Further information

Any questions to be resolved at the Department of Physical and Health Education, Faculty of Education, Masaryk University, Poříčí 31, on the open day or during the office hours of the study guarantor.

The knowledge, skills, and attitudes acquired during the course of study form the basis of the competencies required to practice the profession. Graduates have a basic professional education with a subject-specific didactic component and are prepared to continue on to a master's degree program in health education for elementary schools. According to §20 of Act No. 563/2004 Coll., on pedagogical workers, as amended, they can work as teaching assistants, instructors in leisure centers, educators in youth homes, educators in after-school clubs, and in various civic associations engaged in pedagogical activities.

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Minimum score and numbers of accepted applicants in past years

Graduates from the Bachelor’s degree may (subject to accession criteria) continue in the follow-up Master’s degree programme Lower Secondary School Teacher Training in Health Education.