Article

Received 12.01.2025

Revised 01.05.2025

Accepted 01.06.2025

Retrieved from Vol. 9, No. 1, 2025

Pages 164 -171

Khomenko, P., Momot, O., & Khyzhniak, O. (2025). Implementation of scientific and applied projects in the research activities of future specialists in physical culture and sports. Ukrainian Professional Education, 9(1), 164-171. https://doi.org/10.33989/2519-8254.2025.17.342549

Implementation of scientific and applied projects in the research activities of future specialists in physical culture and sports

Pavlo Khomenko Olena Momot Oleksandr Khyzhniak

The article highlights the theoretical and organizational-practical foundations for implementing scientific and applied projects in the research activities of future physical education and sports specialists. The relevance of integrating project-based research work into the educational process is justified in view of the growing demands for professional training of specialists focused on innovation, critical thinking, and the ability to conduct scientific analysis and independent research activities. It is noted that scientific and applied projects are an effective tool for forming key components of research competence: methodological awareness, scientific thinking logic, and the ability to plan, implement, and present the results of applied research. A systematic analysis of the conceptual apparatus has been carried out, and the principles, methods, and models for implementing scientific and research project activities relevant to higher education institutions specializing in physical education have been characterized. Attention is drawn to the pedagogical conditions that ensure the effectiveness of such activities: purposeful methodological support for students, access to resources for empirical research, motivational incentives, and the integration of research tasks into professional cycle academic disciplines. The results of a pedagogical experiment conducted in 2023–2025 at the Faculty of Physical Education and Sports of the V. G. Korolenko Poltava National Pedagogical University are described. A model of targeted project-based research training was implemented in the experimental group, and the results showed a significant increase in the levels of research competence. It has been proven that scientific and applied projects are an effective means of improving the quality of training for future physical education specialists, contributing to the formation of a research culture and preparation for independent scientific activity in the context of modern sports education. Prospects for further research are outlined, in particular in the areas of digitization of students’ scientific activities, creation of electronic platforms to support project work, interdisciplinary integration, and development of mentoring in the project-research environment of higher education institutions

professional training, future physical education and sports specialists, scientific research, scientific research competence, scientific and applied projects, project management
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