FORMING LOGICAL THINKING IN PRACTICAL PHYSICAL EDUCATION CLASSES AT HIGHER EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS
It is stated in the article that on the one hand, the requirements of the modern information society determine the necessity to develop new skills and new thinking, including the younger generation’s logical thinking, and, on the other hand, there is an acute problem of reducing the youth's motor activity. The authors have reexamined the situation in the system of training the in-demand personnel induced by the conditions of the changing world. They have performed a research aimed at revealing the influence of practical training in physical education on the dynamics of students’ logical thinking according to the changes in their physical fitness levels. Based on the presented review of scientific and methodical literature on the problem of forming logical thinking in general and one's own scientific and pedagogical activity, the necessity of forming logical thinking in practical physical culture classes at the university is substantiated. The typical shortcomings in the development of university students’ logical thinking are considered. The examples of the author's test tasks and logic problems for determining the individual level of students’ forming logical thinking with different orientation are given, taking into account the basic concepts and the content of the discipline "Physical Education". Comparative diagnostics of the students, divided into three groups of respondents, was carried out, during which the changes in the level of students’ logical thinking development and their physical condition at the beginning and at the end of the experiment have been revealed. Based on the data obtained, a comparative analysis of these changes with the author's comments is presented in tabular and graphical form. The correlation analysis showed a rather close connection between the levels of students’ logical thinking development and their physical fitness. Some conclusions and recommendations based on the obtained results concerning the organization of classes in the system of training future graduates in higher education are made. While preparing the publication the following research methods were used: analysis of the final scientific results of different researches, scientific-methodical publications, monographs and recommendations for improving students' logical thinking from the Internet resources, as well as observation, testing, self-analysis, data processing by quantitative and qualitative methods.