The state of implementation of the “Gymnastics” section of the physical education program for the of students of 1–11th grades

Abstract

The state of health and the level of physical fitness of children are the parts of a serious problem that needs to be solved by teachers of physical education as well, but under modern conditions, this is not always possible. This studyis devoted to the identification of problems related to the above-mentioned issue, in which 78 respondents – teachers ofphysical culture from 52 secondary schools – took part. As a result of the study conducted by the method of questioning, it was found out that the most difficult to implement is the section “gymnastics”. The main problems are: the poor health of schoolchildren and poor physical fitness, the lack of sports and gymnastic equipment, as well as the increased workload of gyms. As an option to overcome the difficulties arising in the implementation of the section “Gymnastics”, many teachers are considering the possibility of using fitness technologies, however, in practice, only a smaller part of respondents implement them. The conclusion was made that the implementation of the gymnastics section in full under modern conditions is difficult to achieve, this is proved by the fact that the section is implemented in full only in 22% of educational institutions. It is necessary to adjust the physical education program for schoolchildren (within the section “Gymnastics”) or create such conditions for conducting lessons under which teachers will be given the opportunity to implement the developed programs in full.

Keywords

• physical culture lesson
• gymnastics
• schoolchildren
• artistic gymnastics
• school curriculum
• physical culture program