WEBQUEST AS A MEANS OF TOOLOF FUTURE PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHERS TO THE CONDITIONS OF BLENDED LEARNING

Abstract

The urgency of investigation lies in the urgent need to diversify models of higher education taking into account current modern trends and requirements, as well as the introduction of information and communication technologies in training of future physical culture teachers as flexible forms of educational process and innovative teaching means.The aim is to substantiate and experimentally test the effectiveness of web-quest as a means of preparation of future physical culture teachers to the conditions of blended learning. The object of the study was the 45 first-year students at speciality 014.11 Secondary Education (Physical Culture) of the first level of higher education. At the ascertaining stage it was found that 74.2% of respondents are familiar with the essence of blended learning, but only 38.7% have experience of such learning, it was discovered the insufficient skills of content search and analysis of information from the Internet (48.4%), project (16.1%) and problem-research (13%) training. At the formative stage, the obligatory discipline «History of Physical Culture» included a web-quest «Olympionic», which was to help to gain experience using various Web 2.0 services (video, multimedia, geoservices etc.). The effectiveness of the formative influence of the web-quest was ensured by the use of special methods: encouragement, support, gamification, competition, reflective analysis. The didactic possibilities of the web-quests lie in developing of students’ research skills, forming of stable cognitive interest and positive attitude to future professional activities, improving the ability to use educational information resources and services in order to build and self-control of their own educational trajectory.The effectiveness of the web-quest as a means of adaptation of future physical culture teachers to the conditions of blended learning has been experimentally proved, it was discovered the improvement of the skills of using interactive exercises, problem-research and project training, content search and analysis of information from the Internet, online testing.