This article discusses education, especially school itself, from the philosophical perspective of Gaston Bachelard and Thomas Kuhn, along with some aspects of healthcare. A criticism is made of instrumentalism in school, showing how this model has been exhausted. Recourse is made to the thinking of Bachelard, whereby all knowledge is the result of the painstaking work of investigating reality. The ideas of Kuhn are drawn upon to reflect on the paradigm shift and its meaning in education. Based on these two lines, the design of a desirable school is put forward: inclusive, multiple, pluralist, interactive, systematic, promoting health, perceiving nature as a source of life, and discussing the relationship with the environment from the perspective of bioethics, quality of life and citizenship.
epistemology; health education; promoting health at school