The article says that despite the decline in health as a professional value and self-realization, future teachers have neurobiological inclinations for self-improvement and reflection. In this regard, new pedagogical conditions and stages of the formation of students 'readiness for physical self-improvement are proposed, namely: students' awareness of the importance of health as a necessary prerequisite for personal and professional self-realization; their mastery of diagnostic techniques, reflective analysis and practical skills to improve their own physical condition; providing pedagogical support for students in physical self-improvement. The experimental stage used a set of methods and techniques: step ergometry, Rufier's and Cooper's tests, watching movies, photos, test tasks, observations, interviews, questionnaires, expert assessments and etc. The number of students being at the local reflexive level increased from 12.2% to 22.2% and at the adaptive algorithmic level – from 28.1% to 41.3%. The percentage of students at the directive empirical level of competency in physical self-improvement decreased from 52.4% to 21.4%. The effectiveness of the designed methodology for developing students’ competency in physical self-improvement was verified by the formative experiment. The hypothesis of the study, which was the subjective neurobiological basis of motivation to improve and reflect on future teachers, was also confirmed, which contributed to the choice of the appropriate profession in order to implement and transmit these personal values.

There appears to be the need to consolidate pupil-athletes’ knowledge of humanities (Ukrainian History, English, Ukrainian, Ukrainian literature), which greatly affect their emotional and value attitude towards the surrounding world, promote active life position and widen outlook, develop reading, linguistic and speech culture, enhance understanding of life meaning through the assimilation of ideals, universal values, norms of morality and patterns in behaviour culture. The research aims to disclose the impact of the developed system of assignments on the consolidation of knowledge of humanities in pupil-athletes in the process of training. The pedagogical experiment was conducted in Ukrainian comprehensive schools (142 participants in the experimental group and 150 participants in the control group). The diagnostic toolset includes questionnaires for identifying cognitive interest of pupils in humanities, questionnaires for teachers and parents, tests for identifying abilities to observe, concentrate attention, memorize and apply the content of educational material, tests for studying types of memory, methods of adolescents’ self-assessment, methods of unfinished sentences, notes, reading diaries, compositions. Thus, the indicator of creative nature in acquiring knowledge of humanities has increased (+ 19,1%) in the experimental group. Analyzing the results from the experiment, one can conclude that the designed system of assignments aimed at consolidating pupil-athletes’ knowledge of humanities has contributed to increasing the levels of their overall performance, responsibility and discipline.

The veterinary and sanitary assessment results of food products according to SLVSE agro-food markets of Zhytomyr and Zhytomyr region and Zhytomyr regional state laboratory of the Service of Ukraine for Food Safety and Consumer Protection for 2021 are presented. In total, 68.151 tons of products were not allowed to be sold, and 8866 positive research results were obtained, including 50 carcasses and 3305 cases of invasive and non-communicable diseases. The main reason for the rejection of offal in 2021 was invasive and non-communicable diseases, which significantly worsened the sanitary indicators of product quality. MAFAnM of the liver, which was cleaned due to fasciolosis, is higher than in the same organ obtained from healthy animals by 86.0 %. The highest percentage of affected samples for E. coli was found in the study of the lungs (50.0 %), in the presence of Klebsiella – the heart (50.0 %.). In terms of quality and safety (the content of toxic elements, pesticides, mycotoxins, antibiotics, radionuclides), the studied 212838 food samples in 47 exceeded the content of 137Cs following the State Hygienic Standards. The most dangerous are the gifts of the forest. Excess was found in 30 samples of fresh mushrooms and 13 – dry. The specific activity of 137Cs in the sample of fresh mushrooms from Popelny exceeded DR-2006 6.9 times, five samples from Lugin – 1.4–2.0 times, nine samples from Narodychi – the maximum exceedance 2.2 times, six samples from Novograd – 1.2–1.8 times, six samples from Ovruch – 1.2–1.7 times. The specific activity on the content of 137Cs in 3 samples of dried mushrooms from Narodychi exceeded DR-2006 by 2.1–6.7 times, two samples from Olevsk – by 1.6 and 5.6 times, 1 sample from Lugin – by 2.6 times, four samples from Ovruch – 1.0–1.6 times, three samples from Yemilchino – 1.0–1.1 times). The system of monitoring sanitary-hazardous pathogens and residual amounts of toxic substances and radionuclides remains the guarantor of food safety in Ukraine. To eliminate the risk of food consumer hazards, it is necessary to improve the control system of raw materials used to manufacture products, safety indicators at all stages of production “from the field – to the table”, and remove substandard products.

The most important requirement for today’s general education is the cultivation of humane and tolerant personality of the information society with well-developed business skills, which will allow him or her to successfully integrate into the complex social environment and act not only as a consumer but also as a producer, executive, leader, who can perform various social roles and determine the effectiveness and quality of his or her activities. The research aims to theoretically justify and experimentally verify the methodology for developing business skills in high school students using project activities. General education schools served as experimental facilities. The analysis of the experiment’s results took into account the number of group participants, as well as sampling representativeness (225 high school students aged between 14 and 17 in each group experimental and control). High school students’ understanding of the need for well-developed business skills is enhanced due to such forms and methods as reading biographies of prominent businessmen from all over the world; role-playing situations; meetings with people who have succeeded in economic, entrepreneurial, pedagogical and other fields; visits to companies, enterprises, cultural and scientific institutions; certain business games (“How can one live within one’s means?”, “Starting a business”, “Business communication”, “Manager’s working week”), conversations on such topics as “Is it difficult to be a businessman?”, “How can one succeed in learning?”, “Tell me about myself”; the “this is my opinion” student platform; participation in the youth forum of student organizations, an insight into business sites. The following diagnostic methods were used to identify the development level of certain business skills: the method called “Determining a self-focus” needed to identify business focus; the method called “Striving for achievements” needed to identify a striving for success; relevant tasks used to identify the level of key competencies; questionnaires about creativity; the communication and organization skills methodology needed to assess respective skills; methods for studying the level of subjective locus of control needed to assess responsibility; methods for identifying risk preparedness; the scale of reactive (situational) and personal anxiety needed to identify the level of self-control; the tolerance index questionnaire. The obtained results show that the number of high school students with a high level of business skills has increased by 12.8% in EG and only by 1.3 in CG. The number of high school students with an average level of business skills has increased by 3.8% in EG and by 0.6 in CG. Therefore, the comparison of EG and CG results proves the effectiveness of the proposed methodology for developing business skills in high school students using project activities.

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