The Influence of Value-oriented Teaching upon Vital Competences Formation of 7-9 Years Old Pupils during Physical Education Lessons.

Abstract

The article deals with the problem of the influence of value-oriented teaching upon the formation of vital competences of 7-9 years old pupils during physical education lessons. Applied, short-term, descriptive research in the framework of sociological experiment has been conducted. The advantages of value-oriented teaching have been analyzed; its positive impact upon the formation of pupils’ vital competences has been established. To obtain the necessary information, we used general scientific methods of theoretical level of research, namely: analysis of scientific and methodological sources, surveys, questionnaires, expert evaluation method, axiological analysis, pedagogical modeling, pedagogical experiment, pedagogical observation, methods of mathematical statistics. The research involved 294 pupils from 3 primary schools in the city of Khmelnytskyi (Ukraine) forming part of the experimental group (EG) - (n = 148) and the control group (CG) - (n = 146) based on the principle of gender equality. The pupils of the experimental group followed the curriculum using the author's program “Value-Oriented Teaching of 7-9 Years Old Pupils during Physical Education Lessons”, and the pupils of the control group followed the traditional system of education. The results were evaluated by the experts represented by elementary school physical education teachers (n = 34) and parents (n = 272) who determined the level of formation of the most important value orientations of pupils: improvement of health; independent behavior; team morale (teamship); equality; respect; formation of new motor skills; consciousness. The research confirmed the effectiveness of the author's program. According to the experts, the increase in the formation of value orientation indicators in the experimental group compared with the control one is +6.19 points, which corresponds to 22.1%, and according to the parents, it is +4.96 points, which corresponds to 17.7%.