Health education in the early years of schooling in Portugal: a perspective from the Portuguese official curriculum documents; [A EDUCAÇÃO PARA A SAÚDE NOS PRIMEIROS ANOS DE ESCOLARIDADE EM PORTUGAL: UMA PERSPETIVA A PARTIR DOS DOCUMENTOS CURRICULARES OFICIAIS PORTUGUESES]

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2023

Authors

do Nascimento Ramos, AC (Author) Other; de Lira Pessoa Mota, M (Author) Other; Guerra, CV (Author) FCUP; Sá, CM (Author) Other

Journal

Title: Investigacoes em Ensino de Ciencias

Vol. 28

Pages: 176-189

ISSN: 1518-9384

Publisher: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Instituto de Fisica

Indexing

Scopus - 1 Citation

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-00Y-GRM

DOI: 10.22600/1518-8795.ienci2023v28n1p176

Abstract (EN): This study aims to identify the Portuguese curricular contents related to the theme ¿Education for Health¿, focusing on the 1st and 2nd cycles of Basic Education. The research question is: which areas of health are being addressed in Portuguese curriculum documents? For this purpose, a document analysis was carried out focusing on the Portuguese curriculum documents concerning the Essential Learning (2018 and 2021) of all curriculum areas (47 documents). The document analysis method involves skimming (superficial examination), reading (thorough examination), and interpretation. The results indicate the presence of Education for Health in Portuguese curriculum documents, but without interconnecting the different areas of knowledge and with little exploration of certain categories defined in international documents guiding Health Education. Consequently, it seems that Portugal considers Health Education as an integral part of the curriculum, but it can still improve the approach and distribution of its areas. © 2023 Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Instituto de Fisica. All rights reserved.

Language: Portuguese

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 13