Evaluation of the Implemented and Adopted Curriculum in Health Education in the Czech Republic with an Emphasis on the Drinking Regimen

Oct 15, 2026

Analyzes how nutrition and fluid intake, as part of health education in the Czech Republic, are implemented and adopted under the state Framework Education Programme for Elementary Education. Uses results from two extensive curricular studies at the Faculty of Education, Palacký University Olomouc, based on representative grade-nine samples. Findings show the most dominant subtopic is healthy diet principles and drinking regimen, but adopted curriculum knowledge about fluid intake is inadequate, with task achievement around 46%, indicating a need for stronger teaching competencies and affective/behavioral development.

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Introduction and theoretical background

Health education in the Czech state-level curriculum

Structure of health education across European countries

Health education delivery in lower secondary schools in the Czech Republic

doi: 10.26529/cepsj.1192 Evaluation of the Implemented and Adopted Curriculum in Health Education in the Czech Republic with an Emphasis on the Drinking Regimen Michaela Hřivnová1 • According to the Framework Education Programme for Elementary Education in the Czech Republic, part of Health Education is nutrition and food intake, including the drinking regimen. This paper’s objective is to analyse that using the results of two extensive curricular studies performed at the Faculty of Education, Palacký University Olomouc. Both studies used data from representative samples of pupils in grade nine from elementary schools in the Czech Republic. The research instruments were designed according to applicable documents of the statelevel implemented curriculum and showed good reliability. The results of the subjective evaluation of the implemented curriculum in health education suggest that in the area ‘healthy lifestyle and health care’, the subtopic ‘nutrition and health – healthy diet principles, drinking regimen, eating disorders’ was most dominant. The testing of the level of the adopted curriculum regarding fluid intake revealed a problematic level of pupils’ knowledge (the average percentage of task achievement was around 46%). Conclusions and recommendations for practice: nutrition and food intake (including the drinking regimen) is a very important topic in health education in elementary education in the Czech Republic, which is consistent with other research studies. However, the cognitive dimension of the pupils’ curriculum is inadequate. Qualitatively and quantitatively, the recommended drinking regimen may support natural health determinants, while an inappropriate or insufficient regimen may result in medical complications. The issue of adequate nutrition and diet and drinking regime must be taught by professionally and didactically competent teachers. Students should not only be taught cognitively, but their affective and behavioural abilities should also be formed. Keywords: curriculum, drinking regimen, evaluation, health education, nutrition 1 Faculty of Education, Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic; [michaela.hrivnova@upol.cz](michaela.hrivnova@upol.cz). 82 evaluation of the implemented and adopted curriculum in health education in Vrednotenje izvedenega in sprejetega učnega načrta za zdravstveno vzgojo na Češkem s poudarkom na režimu pitja Michaela Hřivnová • Skladno z Okvirnim izobraževalnim programom za osnovnošolskoizobraževanje na Češkem sta del zdravstvene vzgoje tudi prehrana inuživanje hrane, vključno z režimom pitja. Cilj prispevka je analiziratipodročje s pomočjo rezultatov dveh obsežnih kurikularnih študij, izvedenih na Pedagoški fakulteti Univerze Palacký v Olomoucu. V obehraziskavah so bili uporabljeni podatki reprezentativnih vzorcev učencev devetega razreda osnovnih šol na Češkem. Raziskovalna instrumentasta bila oblikovana skladno z veljavnimi dokumenti učnega načrta, ki se izvaja na državni ravni, in sta pokazala dobro zanesljivost. Rezultati subjektivnega vrednotenja izvedenega učnega načrta za zdravstvenovzgojo kažejo, da je na področju »zdravega življenjskega sloga in skrbi za zdravje« najbolj prevladovala podtema »prehrana in zdravje – načela zdrave prehrane, režim pitja in motnje hranjenja« . Preverjanje ravni usvojenega učnega načrta glede vnosa tekočin je pokazalo problematično raven znanja učencev (povprečni odstotek uspešnosti nalog je bilokoli 46 %) . Zaključki in priporočila za prakso: prehrana in uživanje hrane (vključno z režimom pitja) sta zelo pomembni temi pri zdravstveni vzgoji v osnovnem izobraževanju na Češkem, kar je skladno zdrugimi raziskavami, vendar je kognitivna komponenta učnega načrta za učence neustrezna. Kvalitativno in kvantitativno lahko priporočeni režim pitja podpira temeljne dejavnike zdravja, medtem ko lahko neustrezen ali nezadosten režim povzroči zdravstvene zaplete. Vprašanjeustreznega prehranjevanja in prehrane ter režima pitja moraj

FAQs

What is the main objective of the curriculum evaluation?

To analyze health education in the Czech Republic with an emphasis on nutrition and the drinking regimen using the results of two extensive curricular studies.

What curriculum area and subtopic were found to be most dominant?

In the area of “healthy lifestyle and health care,” the most dominant subtopic was “nutrition and health” including healthy diet principles and the drinking regimen.

How adequate was pupils’ knowledge about fluid intake in the adopted curriculum?

It was problematic, with the average task achievement around 46%, indicating insufficient cognitive adequacy.

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