Peculiarities of professional training of future sports and physical education teachers in Austria during post war period

Abstract

The article is devoted to the consideration of the peculiarities of the development of the system of professional training of specialists in the field of physical education in Austria in the first post-war decades. As a result of the study, the social, educational, scientific prerequisites for its development were clarified. The peculiarities of structural and organizational development of vocational education of specialists in physical education in Austria have been considered. The content and volume of the scientific, theoretical and professional, practical training of future teachers of physical culture in the institutes of physical education according to the curricula of 1946/1947 have been presented. It is determined that the process of professional training of teachers in physical culture and sports in Austria in the post-war period was conducted in specially founded institutes of physical education. An integral part of the professional training of specialists in physical education in the Austrian institutions was practical training, aimed at acquiring and improving methodological and technical skills in various sports and their training. In the process of organizing the professional training of specialists in physical education according to the curricula, the priority was given to those types of sports and physical exercises that were practiced within the school physical education. In addition, elective courses were offered in order to realize the individual abilities and preferences of students. The peculiarities of professional education of specialists of physical education in that period in Austria are also revealed. They are such as unity and interconnection of various training cycles, theoretical, methodological, sport, and technical ones. It has been considered as the basis for the formation of a comprehensive professional skills of the future teacher of physical culture and sports; the logic and sequence of structuring and grouping of training courses in order to ensure the continuous development of a comprehensive system of knowledge, skills and abilities of a specialist in physical education. Серія: Педагогічні науки. – Вип.3. – Бердянськ : БДПУ, 2018. – 312 с. ICV 2017: 63.43 DOI 10.31494/2412-9208-2018-1-3 276