National and regional component of physical education curricula for schoolchildren in Kazakhstan and Russia

Abstract

Research aim: to give a comparative assessment of the secondary school-age students’ PE educational programs national-regional component use effectiveness of the Republic of Kazakhstan and Russia. Research materials and methods. The work was carried out during the 2018-2019 academic year in secondary schools in Aktobe (Republic of Kazakhstan) and Orenburg (Russia). In both countries, the school’s PE curriculum consisted of three lessons per week. Two of them were conducted according to the training programs. The programs of the third variable lesson of physical culture contained an ethno-pedagogical component in the form of national outdoor games and national sports performing elements. The monitoring of physical development and physical fitness of 200 Kazakh and 200 Russian students of the 7th grade aged 12-13 was carried out. Research results. The PE curricula implementation with a national and regional component inclusion has shown high efficiency. In both countries, students have a significant increase in physical fitness indicators. All the motor tests values, anthropometric and physiometric characteristics of Russian schoolchildren were higher than those of Kazakhstan, with the exception of the upper limb muscles speed and strength qualities in boys (the «ball throwing» test). National outdoor games use in the variable component of PE lessons increased the schoolchildren’s indicators of physical condition and motivation in both countries, increased the motor density of the lesson and the health-forming orientation effectiveness of the subject. Conclusions. There are minor differences between the sections content and the hours’ distribution in the annual curriculum of the discipline «Physical Culture for grade 7» in general education schools of the Republic of Kazakhstan and Russia. There are also differences in the national and regional component of the variable lesson of PE content. In both countries, the same positive result of students’ in grade 7 physical and functional fitness monitoring was established. The curriculum of the variable PE lesson in both countries should be supplemented with exercises aimed at developing the lagging children’s motor physical qualities. © JPES.