ANALYSIS OF THE REASONS FOR THE DECREASING INTEREST OF COLLEGE STUDENTS IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION CLASSES IN THE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

The article is devoted to the analysis of one of the serious problems associated with the general decrease in physical activity of modern student youth, which manifests itself, in particular, in the fairly frequent disregard for attending physical education classes. This trend, unfortunately, is worldwide, as noted by a number of researchers. At the same time, in order to have an objective picture of the students` attitude towards the implementation of the compulsory physical education program, it is not enough to just assess attendance as such, but it is necessary to know the reasons for students’ reluctance to attend classes in this discipline. The study was conducted among college students at the Ural State University of Economics, who were asked to answer a number of questions related to both their attitude towards physical culture and sports in general, and to assessing the level of physical activity in general. It is shown that the number of students who almost completely ignore the subject, the main goal of studying which is to maintain the most acceptable physical shape and health, increases almost one and a half times over two years. Among the reasons for ignoring classes, the dominant ones are the lack of connection between the discipline and future professional activity (pragmatic approach), an inconveniently organized schedule, lack of time, and playing sports outside the educational institution. At the same time, a relationship is identified between class attendance, the reasons for ignoring the latter, and the age of the student population: from the first to the third year, the level of class attendance decreases, and the pragmatic attitude towards the disciplines studied, on the contrary, increases. At the same time, the survey results show that the level of physical activity of respondents is generally at a fairly acceptable level, which is primarily due to sports activities outside the educational institution.

physical activity, attitude towards physical education, college students, class attendance, reasons for ignoring classes, decreased interest in classes, perception of classes, questionnaires, absences from physical education classes, decreased physical activity

Gordeeva I. V., Miroshnikova E. G. Analysis of the reasons for the decreasing interest of college students in physical education classes in the educational institution. Biznes. Obrazovanie. Pravo = Business. Education. Law. 2023;4(65):463—469. DOI: 10.25683/VOLBI.2023.65.847.