Assessment of gender-based approach effectiveness in physical education of preschoolers

Abstract

The article’s relevance stems from the significance of gender identity in modern education; it allows differentiating class organization approaches, exercise and game selection corresponding to boys’ and girls’ interests and abilities, contributing to the child’s physical and psycho-emotional development. The aim is to experimentally prove that a gender-based approach improves pupils’ physical fitness within a preschool’s sports orientation program. The following methods were used in the process of work: 1) physical abilities testing with the use of test trials based on the All-Russian Physical Education and Sports Complex “Ready for Labour and Defence” (Gotov k trudu i oborone); 2) statistical and mathematical processing of data by calculating the average value, average error, Student’s t-test, calculation of the increment of indicators. The analysis of results allowed us to conclude about the effectiveness of the implemented program on sports orientation regarding gender differences in the process of physical education. The effectiveness is conditioned precisely by the aspect of physical fitness. The article is intended for specialists in physical education and sport, in particular for educators who organize the process of physical education in the preschool educational institution.