Intensive Teaching Methods in Training the Specialists in the Field of Fitness and Recreation
The article is devoted to the issue date of the new professional development for Russian industry, fitness. The aim of the article is to improve the learning process of professional development specialists in the field of fitness and recreation. It substantiates the idea that the need for professional development is an important factor of successful activity organizations in the sphere of fitness and recreation. The article touches upon leisure, which plays an important role in shaping the culture of the individual and society. The article describes the process of increasing interest in a wide range of people to leisure activities in various sports and motor activity for rest and recuperation. The article reveals the concept of “leisure,” “interactive,” “fitness,” “recreation.” As the author of the research task was determined attempt to assess the empirical research results of the fitness industry professionals. It substantiates the idea that having a diploma, cannot be fully considered the end point in the formation of a specialist in the field of fitness and recreation. The author concludes that the respondents consider the main functions of Health value, managerial organizational self-improvement, socio-cultural and communicative functions. On the basis of these results, the author offers two modular training program for professionals in the field of fitness and recreation. The first module “Fundamentals of Management and Marketing in fitness - the organization” includes the functions and methods of management, business and role-playing games on the development of managerial skills; marketing, development of the concept of the club; legal basis of the fitness industry organizations, business planning, information technology in the field of fitness and recreation. The second module “Psychological aspects of communication in the work of specialists in the field of fitness and recreation” is aimed at the development of the communicative component of professional activity. The program author focuses on the benefits of using interactive teaching methods in the process of training. One way of assessing the students’ progress in the process of forming specific professional competencies in the program is to offer a portfolio. The author concludes that the training program “Management of organization fitness and recreation” can be implemented at the Institute of additional professional education of KemGUKI.