CHAPTER ONE

1.0INTRODUCTION

1.1     BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR THE POINT OF INQUIRY

The pursuit and attainment of healthy living in the home is the foundation for physical, mental, emotional and social health. According to Schifferes (1963), there are no special or magic formula for healthier living but sensible actions and precautions which are based on sound and reasonable formation. Sensible action and precautions allow a person to live longer, healthier and happily without taking any undue or extraordinary care of one’s health.

The school owes it a responsibility to the children entrusted to its care to help them maintain their physical, emotional and social health through the inculcation of appropriate sex/knowledge, attitudes and behaviours. All health concepts can be treated at the level of the child, and with the advancement in years while in school he can grow in knowledge which will shape his attitude and behaviour for both the present and the future.

The solution is the teaching of reflective thinking in the classroom. Among the teaching models would include the Socratic method of envisioning and the story telling approach. The teacher should inculcate in the children the thirst for knowledge through the use of the community of inquiry approach that emphasize higher order thinking.