System of Physical Education in Schools of the Czech Republic at the Present Stage

Authors

  • Eduard Vilchkovski Lesya Ukrainka Eastern European National University
  • Volodymyr Pasichnyk Yan Kohanovskii University in Kielcah

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29038/2220-7481-2018-02-05-12

Keywords:

physical education, system, sport, students, school

Abstract

The Czech Republic has a long tradition in cresting a national system of physical education and sport. As well as the original system  of Sokol gymnastics, which in second half of the nineteenth century gained wide popularity not only in European countries, which were located in the geographical location near the Czech Republic, as well as in Russia, France, UK, USA and other countries of the world. Objectives of the Study. Determine the modern system of physical education of schoolchildren in the Czech Republic. Research Results.The system of physical education Czech schools consists of two complementary units: the educational process of physical education, which involves three lessons per week and extracurricular sports and mass work, which is conducted optionally for all students. Physical education programs include: basic gymnastics; sport games; dance exercises; swimming, skating (in winter), a dispute if the school has conditions for conducting these classes. The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports issues basic physical education programs for students of all types of schools. Conclusions. In Czech schools, starting from the 90s of the twentieth century, innovative concepts are widely implemented: «School of Health» and «Sport for All». They are aimed at active struggle against negative phenomena in society: alcoholism, drug addiction, tobacco smoke, as well as work on the establishment of preventive measure against civilian diseases that have become a pandemic in last 30 years in Europe and other continents of the Word.The state program «Sport for All» provides for the widespread use of sports not only among schoolchildren, their parents, youth and other age groups of the Czech population, mass creation in active recreation of the whole society, as well as selection and preparation of reserve for the national team of sport teams of the country. The modern system of physical education of pupils in the Czech Republic is aimed at strengthening the health, improving physical development and motor education of children and young people by increasing the hours for physical education and sport activities in extra time, organizing regular sporting activities and sports complementation with the help of sports clubs, the creation of sports classes in schools for capable students, which the future is a reserve of qualified athletes in various sports disciplines.

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Published

2018-07-26

Issue

Section

Historical, philosophical, juristic and organizational problems of physical culture

How to Cite

System of Physical Education in Schools of the Czech Republic at the Present Stage. (2018). Physical Education, Sport and Health Culture in Modern Society, 2(42), 5-12. https://doi.org/10.29038/2220-7481-2018-02-05-12