ASSESSING THE LEVEL OF PHYSICAL CULTURE DEVELOPMENT IN FUTURE EDUCATORS: CRITERIA, INDICATORS, AND ASSESSMENT LEVELS

Abstract

The article examines an issue of pedagogical assessment regarding the level of physical culture development among future teachers within the professional education system. The relevance of the research is due to the increasing demands of society for the health and personal maturity of teaching staff, enshrined in educational legislation, as well as the need to create effective tools for monitoring the quality of professional training of teachers in the aspect of health care. The purpose of the study is the theoretical substantiation and development of a criteria-evaluation apparatus, including criteria, indicators and levels of formation of physical culture of the personality of future teachers, as well as the approbation of diagnostic methods in the conditions of a real educational process. In the course of the research, based on systemic, personality-activity and axiological approaches, the structural components of physical culture of personality are identified: motivational-value, cognitive, activity-based and reflexive. For each component, the corresponding criteria and indicators are defined, allowing to objectively assess the degree of formation of the studied quality. A system of diagnostic operations has been developed and implemented, including pedagogical observation, questionnaires, testing and analysis of students’ activity products. The results of an empirical study conducted on the basis of the M.K. Ammosov North-Eastern Federal University with the participation of 78 students of pedagogical training areas are presented. It was revealed that the predominant part of students (over 50%) has an average level of formation of physical culture of personality, a high level was diagnosed only in 15–17% of respondents, and a low level was recorded in a third of students. A gap between the cognitive and activity components was established, which indicates insufficient transformation of knowledge into practical activity.