Teachers’ Practices Related to Health Education in Moroccan Schools
Sabah Selmaoui *
Research Team in Education and Training (EREF), Ecole Normale Supérieure, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco.
Abdelaziz Razouki
Research Team in Education and Training (EREF), Ecole Normale Supérieure, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco.
Boujemaa Agorram
Research Team in Education and Training (EREF), Ecole Normale Supérieure, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco.
Salah-Eddine Khzami
Research Team in Education and Training (EREF), Ecole Normale Supérieure, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco.
Mustapha Arfaoui
Research Team in Education and Training (EREF), Ecole Normale Supérieure, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
In this study, we are interested in teachers’ practices related to health education (HE) in school. In our survey, we used a questionnaire as an investigative tool with a sample of 300 teachers from three levels of education: Primary, middle and qualifying high schools. According to the teachers' statements, our study reveals that the majority practice HE in class despite having no training in this area. They generally practice it in a thematic approach that is limited to pedagogical sequences within the framework of the program. In addition, it appears that teachers’ training and seniority have a positive effect on their practice and the self-assessment of their competence in this area. This study also suggests that a school’s lack of openness with the family and other external partners. These factors constitute some of the main obstacles that prevent the implementation of HE in class, in addition to training, lack of time and lack of adequate teaching materials.
Keywords: Health education, school, teacher, practices.