The Volga Region University held the II All-Russian scientific and practical conference with international participation "Dominants of psychological and pedagogical mastery in the field of physical education and sports".
The conference was held with the support of the Russian Ministry of Sports, and the Belarusian State University of Physical Education, the Sports Academy of Azerbaijan and the Volga Region Scientific Center for Physical Education and Sports of the Russian Academy of Education acted as participants. 100 scientific papers from 27 regions of Russia, as well as from Belarus, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Serbia, Scotland, Italy and China were sent to the conference.
The conference program began with a plenary session, at which experts in the sports and educational sphere spoke. The first vice-rector of the Volga Region University Azat Sharapov delivered a welcoming speech.
“The meeting is aimed at exchanging scientific and practical experience in the use of innovative educational technologies and practices to improve the system of training future physical education teachers, optimizing physical education and health activities with students of different ages, and updating the system of psychological, pedagogical, and scientific and methodological support for the educational process in physical education and sports,” noted Azat Sharapov.
The participants discussed psychological and pedagogical support of the educational process in physical education and sports, professional culture and pedagogical skills, the organization of the educational process for children with special educational needs and pedagogical innovations in the work of physical education teachers.
‘Psychology, like any science, is moving forward. The third wave, ‘mindfulness’, which is effective in sport psychology as well, has been widely publicised. It is based on the rejection of the concepts of ‘good’ and ‘bad’, which allows the athlete to switch from emotions to reality and overcome doubts to achieve the desired result,’ emphasised Michael Botting, Chief Sport Psychologist at the Scottish Institute of Sport .
The round table was followed by a presentation by representatives of Volga Region University. Natalya Grechannikova, Vice-Rector for Administration, Social Development and Youth Policy, told how patriotic education of students takes place at the university thanks to museum pedagogy and the student media centre. Svetlana Zizikova, Head of the Department of Pedagogy and Psychology, highlighted the problems of readiness of future specialists for professional activity in the conditions of digital transformation.
"After graduating from university, a specialist continues to work in rapidly changing conditions. Therefore, universities are faced with the task of not only teaching professional competencies, but also developing soft skills and talking about working with digital technologies. Students of the Volga Region University, regardless of their field of study, study digital literacy, ethical and legal standards, develop cognitive skills, which helps them graduate as better prepared specialists," shared Svetlana Zizikova.
