Analysis of the Effectiveness of Physical Education Classes in Special Medical Groups

Abstract

The relevance of the study stems from the steady increase in the sickness rate of young students. The purpose of the study is to define the effectiveness of physical education classes in junior schoolchildren who, for health reasons, belong to a special medical group. The study used such materials and methods as: documentary analysis, pedagogical observation, and heart rate monitoring. The authors examined the structure of the illnesses of junior schoolchildren attending classes in a special medical unit. 53.3 per cent of all students may belong to a special medical group for certain health reasons. The analysis shows severe irregularities in making diagnoses: lack of a clear interpretation, absence of a description of conditions that do not fall within the scope of the diagnosis, and the formulation of diagnoses incompatible with the age of students. The study analysed physical education classes of junior schoolchildren aged 7-10, classified as a special medical group for health reasons. Performing a minimum number of exercises, the heart rate of children of the special medical group reached the upper limit of the maximum pulse reserve. At the same time, the total performance duration average 2 minutes 40 seconds. Hence, the improvement of the aerobic abilities of schoolchildren is impossible. The study found that health-oriented classes do not solve the problems associated with increasing the strength of postural muscles and do not develop coordination abilities. They have no value in the special motor correction of certain diseases and pathological conditions of junior schoolchildren. The revealed features of the educational process identified in the special medical group enable violating such didactic principles as accessibility, activity, systematism and individualisation. The existing system for the physical education of young schoolchildren assigned to a special medical group for health reasons shows evident discrepancies between the projective, substantive, procedural and control systems

Keywords

• physical education
• special medical group
• secondary education
• primary school students