Organization of Volunteer Health-saving Activity of Future Specialists in Physical Education and Sport

Abstract

Processes of reforming of educational field of a country are defined by new priority courses of professional pre­para­tion of future specialists in physical education and sport. Special meaning has orienta­tion of their professional pre­paration at activity aimed at health-saving, its component is volunteer activity. It is re­vealed various forms of health-saving volunteer activity in the sphere of physical culture and sport: one-time events or continued programs aimed at saving health of different sections of population by means of pro­viding rehabilitation, health-improving, mental, emotional, everyday aid to those who need it. It was analyzed the peculiarities of curative work of students-volunteers: pro­posed for children of preschool and junior school age – health-improving events «Game festival for children with special needs», «Fun starts: be healthy»; children of middle and senior school age – psychological game «Friends over the phone: tell about your problems», round table «Modern understanding of healthy lifesty­le», health-improving program «Summer recreational ga­mes»; for the youth – health-improving project «Summer gathers friends», sports event «Regional recreational games of Volyn region». It is estab­lished that about readiness of future specialists in physical education and sport to volun­teer health-saving activity it is proved availability of abilities and skills of organization of healthy lifestyle and formation of health culture of a human, organization of activity aimed at health-saving. It was analy­zed the results of questioning of 981 students of higher edu­cational establishments that witness that about 50 % of stu­dents own skills of healthy lifestyle and formation of health culture of a person taking into account national, age, sex and individual peculiarities; ⅓ of students own skills of orga­ni­za­tion and realization of acti­vity aimed at preventive measures and health-saving that reflects their readiness to planning and realization of volunteer health-saving activity. Attraction of students to new spheres and recreational forms of volun­teer activity contributes to organization of their personal development, gaining of pro­fessional knowledge and skills, formation of active public po­sition.

Keywords

• volunteer activity
• health-saving
• specialists in physical education and sport