THE DEFINITION OF POLISH AND UKRAINIAN PHYSICAL CULTURE AND ITS RELATION TO HEALTH EDUCATION AND GENERAL PEDAGOGICAL ISSUES

Abstract

During the many years of international Polish-Ukrainian scientific cooperation (joint international conferences and scientific seminars, joint scientific studies, a series of lectures as visiting professors, acting as scientific heads of dissertations in order to obtain scientific degrees) – a discussion on the definition of the term physical culture. Professional transfer of knowledge and skills in the field of physical education is the task of many promoters of physical culture, who implement them as part of subjects at all stages of education. The scope of research in this study includes the following selected issues: statutory definitions of the term: physical culture and main directions of implementation, forms of participation in physical culture, main goals and tasks, fields of education, studies and specializations in the field of physical culture, scientific activity in physical culture and selected definitions of the term physical culture from Polish and Ukrainian scientific literature. The authors of this scientific study believe that this is the first attempt at research in such an approach and scope within the Polish- Ukrainian scientific cooperation. In addition, each issue presented in the form of tabular summaries – can be a separate, extended scientific study, also with international scientific cooperation extended to other countries.