Developing the Competency of Future Physical Education Specialists in Professional Interaction in the Field of Social Communications

Abstract

The optimal combination of professional and personal qualities is extremely significant for professional activities of physical education specialists, who can engage in professional interaction in the field of social communications. The study aims to theoretically justify pedagogical conditions and experimentally verify the model of developing the competency of future physical education specialists in professional interaction in the field of social communications. At the formative stage, the following pedagogical conditions have been implemented: providing higher professional education of future physical education specialists with relevant information support; implementing an optimal combination of traditional and innovative modes of teaching, which assist the student in adapting to real-life conditions. The control group included in 36 individuals and the experimental group  32 individuals. The following methods have been used, namely, the questionnaire, titled “Clarifying Motivation to Achieve the Goal and the Striving for a High Social Status; the tests compiled by the author; the test, titled “Managerial Duties and Employee Relations”; a test for determining the ability to work in the system “man – man” and the test “Evaluating Organization and Communication Skills”. After the pedagogical experiment, 15.28% of CG students and 22.92% of EG students were at a high level of competency in professional interaction in the field of social communications. The results of the pedagogical experiment prove the effectiveness of the determined pedagogical conditions and the suggested model for developing the competency of future physical education specialists in professional interaction in the field of social communications.