Pedagogy and andragogy in service of health

Abstract

The article is a reflection of a pedagogue on the problem of sustaining human health. The reflection is undertaken in the context of the chapters included in the book The Human Being Facing Health Risks in the Perspective of Psychosomatics. Human beings sustain their health in a state of dynamic (dis)equilibrium, reconciling the striving for satisfying their needs, the faithing for their values, and the longing for a reasonable freedom in their lives with the expectations of social life. Important pathogenic factors are social functioning dysfunctions such as having complicated social relations or living under strong frustration. The additional factor is the internal stress caused by existential problems, the sense of uncertainty regarding the meaning of one’s life, or the noetic dimensions being revealed in one’s personality. A conclusion that may be drawn from the above reflection is that the human being health state depends both on biomedic factors and the process of education.