Directions for improving the system of preschool physical education in ukraine
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https://doi.org/10.32540/2071-1476-2025-2-082Keywords:
European countries, foreign experience, extrapolation, preschoolers, early education and careAbstract
ntroduction. The article presents ways to improve the system of preschool education and physical education based on the positive experience of European countries, comparing the features of the organization and content of physical education in different countries, highlighting common and distinctive features. The purpose of the study is to determine promising areas for improving the system of physical education in preschool education institutions of Ukraine based on extrapolation of foreign experience. Methods: theoretical analysis and generalization of data from scientific and methodological literature, comparison method, system analysis method, abstraction method, descriptive method. Results. The study examined the issues of accessibility of preschool education in European countries, the features of the organization of the educational process and the content of physical education as an integrated component of educational systems, the features of assessing the development of preschoolers in kindergarten conditions and the professional requirements for a preschool teacher. Special attention was paid to the study of the orientation of physical education in the education system, the properties of using various tools for assessing the development of children during preschool education. The main directions of using positive foreign experience to improve the physical education system in preschool education institutions in Ukraine were identified. These included: legislative framework, material and technical conditions, integrated curricula, appropriate staffing, the use of various approaches in the professional activities of a teacher, the use of innovative methods and technologies in teaching, monitoring of child development, involving parents in various forms of organizing the educational process, psychological and pedagogical support for a child and his parents during the transition from preschool to primary education. Conclusions. The use of certain aspects of foreign experience in organizing preschool education and physical education will optimize the process of obtaining preschool education in Ukraine and will facilitate the mechanism of our state's entry into the European educational space
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