Monitoring of training of future teachers of health care activities in school

Abstract

Problem statement. Global community recognizes health as an essential human possession. Society perceives school as a center for preserving and promoting health in children and young adults. Therefore, healthcare activities are an important task for the teachers. Objective: Highlight the comparative results of the study on the readiness of future primary school teachers and physical education teachers of healthcare activities at school; identify ways to improve the training of future teachers in healthcare activities. This study is part of an experimental work aimed to develop and implement an effective approach for preparing future teachers of healthcare activities. Research data: Randomly selected senior students from pedagogical (n = 168) and physical education and sports (n = 162) departments from higher educational institutions of Ukraine participated in the study. The students were required to fill out questionnaires. The survey was conducted in November-December of 2018. The statistical analysis of the survey data was performed. Results: This article presents the results on the motivational, cognitive, and procedural components of the readiness of students specializing in “Primary Education” and “Physical Culture” for the healthcare activities at secondary schools. The article identifies the deficiencies in working with students and clarifies ways to improve the training of future teachers of healthcare activities. Conclusion: The study showed that the training of future primary school and physical culture teachers in Ukraine is not sufficiently effective. To improve the training of students, it is necessary to: ensure purposeful and systematic implementation of healthcare education of future teachers; supplement the curriculum content to improve the knowledge of future teachers on the fundamentals of maintaining health in students; improve the health culture of future teachers and their motivation for a healthy lifestyle fill the gaps in the methodological training of future teachers; perform comprehensive training of students to create a “health school” as a tolerant educational environment aimed to develop a physically, mentally, and spiritually healthy child; give preference to active forms and methods of training students; on the basis of the abovementioned information, develop a comprehensive approach aimed to train future teachers for activities to preserve and improve the health of students by taking into account the specifics of “Primary Education” and “Physical Culture” specialties.