Curricular Analysis and Student Engagement as an Indicator of the Efficiency of the Physical Education System in University

This article examines the dynamics of physical condition indicators among students depending on the peculiarities of building a system of physical education in higher education. The aim of the study was to determine the characteristics of the impact of organizational and methodological conditions for building a system of physical education in higher education on the physical condition of students. The research was conducted on the higher education institutions in the city of Dnipro – Oles Honchar Dnipro National University (OHDNU), Dnipropetrovsk State University of Internal Affairs (DDUVS). The study involved 120 students of the main department. The physical condition of the students was determined by analyzing the dynamics of learning from the first to the fourth years. The indicators included physical development, physical fitness and physical health. The results showed that the organizational and methodological conditions for building a system of physical education among students in free economic education differ in the duration of the discipline «Physical Education», the number of hours devoted to its study, sports and physical culture and health systems presented in the programs, organization of physical culture and health and sports work with students in extracurricular activities. Studying the physical condition of the students’ show that in the first year there was no significant difference in the physical condition of the students. From the first to the fourth year, the students of OHDNU significantly improved their indicators of physical development, physical fitness and physical health. Indicators of physical condition of DDUVS students did not exhibit significant changes during their studies. There was a dependence of indicators of physical condition of students on the peculiarities of the construction of the system of physical education in higher education institutions, which allowed to determine the conditions of its improvement.