UNIVERSITY STUDENTS' PERCEPTIONS REGARDING  THE “PHYSICAL EDUCATION” TRAINING COURSE

Vasileva I.; Chumakov M.

doi:10.14529/hsm240215

I. Vasileva Tyumen State University, Tyumen, Russia; Tyumen Advanced Training Institute of the MIA Russia, Tyumen, Russia https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0740-7260 smelisheva@ya.ru
M. Chumakov Kurgan State University, Kurgan, Russia; Ural Federal University named after the first President of Russia B.N. Yeltsin, Ekaterinburg, Russia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0599-8629 mihailchv@mail.ru

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14529/hsm240215

Keywords: perceptions, individual’s sports culture, university students, physical education, training course

Abstract

Aim. This study investigates the perceptions of university students regarding physical education as an academic discipline, focusing on their associations and experiences within physical education classes. Materials and methods. Data collection employed a method of free association, where participants were prompted to generate three words for each response, structured as a verb, an adjective, and a noun. The data was subsequently processed through frequency analysis. Results. The analysis revealed that students predominantly associate physical education classes with activities such as running, playing (with a ball), and jumping. There is a notable synthesis of ideas linking sports and physical education, with a significant association of physical education classes with a state of fatigue. Conclusion. This study has identified distinctive characteristics in the perceptions of university students towards physical education classes. It underscores the necessity for a reevaluation of how physical education and sports values and technologies are perceived as integral components of an individual's sports culture.

Author Biographies

I. Vasileva , Tyumen State University, Tyumen, Russia; Tyumen Advanced Training Institute of the MIA Russia, Tyumen, Russia

Doctor of Psychological Sciences, Associate Professor, Head of the Department of General and Social Psychology, Tyumen State University, Tyumen, Russia; Professor of the Department of Philosophy, Foreign Languages and Humanitarian Training of Internal Affairs Officers, Tyumen Institute for Advanced Training of Employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, Tyumen, Russia.

M. Chumakov , Kurgan State University, Kurgan, Russia; Ural Federal University named after the first President of Russia B.N. Yeltsin, Ekaterinburg, Russia

Doctor of Psychological Sciences, Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Psychology, Kurgan State University, Kurgan, Russia; Professor of the Department of General and Social Psychology, Ural Federal University named after the first President of Russia B.N. Yeltsin, Ekaterinburg, Russia.

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