Educational technologies and health of primary school pupils

In the context of problems of development of modern Russian society, questions of functioning of education as a social institution become relevant. The article examines the contents and the organization of the educational process on all levels taking into consideration the necessity of saving and improving of health of all participants of the process. State of health of modern pupils is analyzed in terms of influence which social, economic, ideological factors of the social life of people have upon it. Specific attention is given to the role of interschool environment in saving and improving of health of the participants of the educational process, emphasis is made on the complex nature of its influence on pupils because of length, intensity, continuity and consistency of this impact. The article analyzes the experience of implementing innovative educational models in terms of improving the health of the pupils. The results of the research make it possible to compare the influence of different educational technologies on the level of development of cognitive and emotional peculiarities of primary school pupils and to draw a conclusion of necessity of analyzing the effectiveness of educational models in terms of their orientation towards full-scale and balanced development of the pupil’s personality.

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