Health Education Research, Vol. 19, No. 2, 198-207,
April 1, 2004
© 2004 Oxford University Press
Student participation: a democratic education perspectiveexperience from the health-promoting schools in Macedonia
1 Research Programme for Environmental and Health Education, Danish University of Education, Emdrupvej 101 2400 Copenhagen NV, Denmark 2 Correspondence to: V. Simovska; e-mail: vs{at}dpu.dk
The paper addresses the issue of student participation from the perspective of the health-promoting schools initiative. It draws on experience from the Macedonian Network of Health-Promoting Schools and its collaboration with the Danish as well as other country networks within the European Network of Health-Promoting Schools. Student participation is viewed as one of the main focal points of the conceptual framework and model of a health-promoting school developed within the Macedonian context. This model and the model distinguishing between two different qualities of participationgenuine and token participationare presented and discussed in the paper. Underpinning values that these models endorse as important for the processes of health promotion in schools include self-determination, participation, democracy, diversity and equity.
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