Article

Received 22.07.2025

Revised 17.11.2025

Accepted 23.12.2025

Published 02.01.2026

Retrieved from Vol. 28, No. 2, 2025

Pages 24 -35

Khomenko, P., Kornosenko, O., Khyzhnyak, O., & Manyk, V. (2025). Experimental study of the development of scientific and research competence of future physical education and sports specialists. Pedagogical Sciences, 28(2), 24-35. https://doi.org/10.33989/2524-2474.2025.2.36

Experimental study of the development of scientific and research competence of future physical education and sports specialists

Pavlo Khomenko Oksana Kornosenko Oleksandr Khyzhnyak Valeriy Manyk

The relevance of the study lies in the need to develop and implement effective pedagogical conditions and technologies for the formation of scientific and research competence in future specialists in physical culture and sports, which meet modern educational requirements and the real needs of the industry. This work aimed to theoretically substantiate, develop, and experimentally verify pedagogical conditions that ensure the effective development of scientific and research competence in students of the specialty 017 (A7) Physical Culture and Sports. To achieve the goal, theoretical methods (analysis, synthesis, generalisation), empirical methods (questionnaire, observation, pedagogical experiment), as well as methods of statistical data processing were used. The pedagogical experiment was conducted in 2023-2025 on the basis of the Faculty of Physical Education and Sports of the Poltava V.G. Korolenko National Pedagogical University with the participation of 156 applicants for the second (master's) level of higher education. In the control and experimental groups, the dynamics of the levels of formation of scientific and research competence were compared according to the specified criteria. It was established that the formation of scientific and research competence is one of the key conditions for the professional growth of a specialist and their readiness to implement innovations in the field of physical culture and sports. The results of the experimental study showed minor changes in the control group and significant growth in the experimental group: the high level increased from 8 to 31%, the sufficient level from 22 to 43%, while the share of students with average and low levels decreased by 21 and 23%, respectively. Such dynamics are a consequence of the implementation of a set of pedagogical conditions: integration of research tasks into the content of academic disciplines, application of project and research technologies, organisation of mentoring support, and reflective and evaluative support. The practical value of the work lies in the possibility of using the proposed approaches in the educational process of training physical culture specialists for the purposeful formation of their scientific and research competence

higher education students; professional training; future trainers; pedagogical conditions; project and research technologies; scientific research methodology; innovative technologies
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