Health in the System of Students’ Axiological Orientations

The timeliness of the problem at issue is determined by the presence of contradictions between modern conditions of the society which advance special requirements for the formation of the system of the personality’s axiological orientations on health and by the insufficient system of work towards this problem in the educational environment. The purpose of this study was to investigate the structure of the students’ orientation on a healthy lifestyle. The question of the health essence has always been the central methodological problem of many sciences including pedagogy. In this regard, education can act as an institution for improving health of the future generation. The article presents the results of the study of the structure of orientation of the students of Mari State University (future teachers) on a healthy lifestyle. 203 respondents among junior and senior students were questioned according to the V. I. Andreev’s questionnaire test which determines the levels of orientation on a healthy lifestyle. The questionnaire survey showed that the correct definition of the concepts “health” and “healthy lifestyle” is given by 31% and 24% senior students, 13% and 10% junior students respectively. The principal health index is the absence of bad habits so this issue was analyzed in the article. We found out that senior students are less inclined to having bad habits than junior students. The analysis is of grading of life values showed that all the respondents had given the first three places to health, love, understanding in the family. It is necessary to note that senior students also note material wealth as one of the five most important life values. The analysis of the results shows that health takes the leading place in the system of values but only one-third of respondents give a correct definition of a healthy lifestyle. We can observe the positive dynamics in the personality’s orientation on a healthy lifestyle by 4-5 years of study. In general, the data obtained reflect the average level of formedness of the cognitive and practical components of the students’ axiological and orientational activity. It is necessary to form the system of use of pedagogical technologies in the field of a healthy lifestyle aimed at forming health culture of future teachers.