The programmed instruction applied to self-care behaviors

Abstract

In the introduction of this article the self-care behaviour is defined and peinted out in relation to the basic independence habits and to the social
behaviour and goes on to emphasize the fonctional and preventive importance of the apprenticeship of this kind of repertory and its didactic programming .
In second place and after some reflexions about the programmed teaching in our country at the present moment, the steps to follow in the elaboration of the didactics programmes on self-care behaviour are described: preliminary problems in the programming, definition of the didactic objectives, the type of programme to be used and ways of evaluation and validation of the programmes.
Special emphasis in mode on the redaction of operative objectives after
more general objectives and in various aspects of the mathetic programming of T.F. Gilbert, practically unknown in our educational means.