Educational conditions for effective formation of the need for physical activity among IT students in recreational and health-improving football classes

Importance. The main issue with the insufficient motor regime of students in IT training areas is not their low fitness level, but rather the lack of a consistent internal desire for regular exercise that persists after they complete their university physical education course. The formation of this need requires the creation of a specific educational environment, different from the traditional sportsoriented model. The aim of this study is to theoretically substantiate and experimentally verify a set of pedagogical conditions that will ensure the efficient formation of students’ need for physical activity.
Materials and Methods. Analysis and synthesis of scientific and methodological literature, pedagogical experiment, questionnaire, pedagogical observation, and methods of mathematical statistics are used in the research.
Results and Discussion. It is established that the implementation of the proposed pedagogical conditions (professional contextualization, supportive environment for basic psychological needs, a reflexive-evaluative component) led to a statistically significant increase in the integral indicator of the need for physical activity in the experimental group. There is a significant increase in all components of the need: cognitive (+1.8), motivational-value (+1.7), emotional (+1.8) and behavioral (+2.0). The share of students with intrinsic motivation in experimental increased from 8 to 42 %, attendance from 67 to 89 %. There are minor changes in the control group following the traditional program.
Conclusion. The developed set of pedagogical conditions is effective for the formation of students in IT fields of sustainable, conscious and internalized need for systematic motor activity in the framework of recreational and recreational football activities. The synergetic effect of the conditions ensures the transfer of external motivation into internal motivation, which creates the basis for maintaining the need for physical activity after graduation.

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