STUDENTS’ PROFESSIONAL READINESS TO TEACH THE DISCIPLINE “PHYSICAL CULTURE” AMIDST INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT

Abstract

The article defines the priority direction of work of the New Ukrainian school – professional training of teachers in an inclusive environment. As a result of the study, it was confirmed that social and political changes in Ukraine significantly changed the essence of the professional activity of physical education teachers, and the traditional content, forms and methods of training physical education teachers do not fully meet the requirements of today. The article develops a methodology for assessing the readiness of students to teach the discipline “Physical culture” in inclusive classes. The specified methodology included: test tasks for assessing the level of theoretical training of students, work on compiling a child’s history, drawing up an individual program of physical education of a child with sensory disabilities in an inclusive environment. The application of our evaluation method showed that it allows for a more differentiated and thorough assessment of the level of readiness of students for further work on physical education in inclusive classes. The level of quality and success of the training of the students of the experimental group turned out to be higher than that of the students of the control group.