Involvement of students of agricultural universities in physical education based on their needs in motion activity

Abstract

The article examines the issue of involving students of agricultural universities in physical education, taking into account their needs in physical activity. Important aspects of this process are analyzed, including individual needs and interests of students, creating favorable conditions for physical activity, monitoring and supporting students in their physical activity, as well as cooperation between the university administration and student organizations. The article aims to study the formation of students' motivation to engage in physical education based on taking into account their needs in motor activity. The analysis and generalization of literary data, methods of pedagogical observation, surveys, and a pedagogical experiment were used in the research. 180 students of the 1st and 2nd years took part in the experiment, who were divided into a control group, where they were engaged in physical education according to the system of the general program, and an experimental group, in which physical education classes were conducted with students based on taking into account their needs in motor activity. The motivational and value attitude of students towards physical education classes was determined and the following components were identified: motor, emotional-volitional and cognitive. The criteria for evaluating the development of the motor component was the level of development of physical qualities; emotional-volitional - students' satisfaction with physical education classes; cognitive - manifestation of activity and interest in regular physical education classes. Work with students in the experimental group changed their attitude to physical education. Together with the motivational and value components of the attitude, the levels of students' needs in motor activity were determined: passive-negative; indifferently unstable; positively stable. In the course of the study, it was established that the conduct of classes taking into account the needs of students in motor activity positively changed their attitude to physical education and sports, and attendance at classes improved.