Health Education – Health Misconceptions – Teacher Training Lessons Learnt from a Hungarian Pilot Study

Zoé Mónika Lipták and Klára Tarkó Habil

Abstract

A major goal of schools is to provide students with knowledge and skills applicable (Csapó, 1998). However, teachers have to deal with the misconceptions of their students described as ideas based on experience leading to faulty understanding or naïve ideas (Martin et al., 2002). Schools are of primary importance in transmitting health-related knowledge, skills, attitudes and responsibilities, and health education provided by teachers is key in fighting against the health misconceptions students bring from their immediate environment and those transmitted by the Media. The aim of the present study was to pilot the research questionnaire designed to measure the health misconceptions of teacher trainees.


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