The motivational and value potential of the discipline ‘physical culture’: statistics, analytics and assessment according to the data of a survey of students of Russia and Kazakhstan
Keywords:
physical culture at university, motivational and value orientations, students of Russia and Kazakhstan, reform of the discipline ‘Physical CultureAbstract
Abstract
Objective of the study is to determine the motivational and value potential of the discipline ‘Physical Culture’ on the basis of a survey of Russian and Kazakh students.
Methods and structure of the study. A survey of students of the universities of Russia and Kazakhstan (N=588) was conducted concerning the compulsory discipline «Physical Culture», including ‘Elective Courses in Physical Culture.’
Results and conclusions. A persistent dissonance was revealed between the institutional requirement (‘to obtain the credit’) and the personal goals of the students (‘health’, ‘tone’, ‘communication’): 61.8 % of the respondents consider the discipline non-compulsory and 44.3 % assess the standards as ‘a completely useless exercise,’ while 97 % of absences are documented ‘on grounds of illness.’ A content analysis of the open answers identified the key barriers: an inconvenient timetable and the personality of the teacher. Drawing on a three-stage model of the formation of a value attitude towards physical culture (‘I want’ → ‘I must’ → ‘I can’), it is shown that the majority of students (54 %) become stuck at the initial stage without achieving self-actualisation. A comparative analysis of Russia and Kazakhstan revealed no significant differences, which makes it possible to speak of the systemic character of the problem in the post-Soviet educational space. The question is raised of the need to revise the compulsory status of the discipline or to transform it radically.
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