Physical Education

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Classes in the discipline ‘Physical Education’ are taught to 1st-3rd year full-time students of all specialities.

 The academic discipline ‘Physical Education’ is an integral part of education and professional training at the National Technical University ‘Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute’.

The subject of study of the discipline ‘Physical Education’ is the process of improving the functions of the body, the formation of motor skills, related knowledge and the development of basic physical qualities of students, the formation of an understanding of the role of physical culture in the development of the individual and preparation for professional activity, the acquisition of experience in the creative use of physical culture, health and sports activities to achieve personal and professional goals.

The teaching objectives include: fostering in students the need to acquire knowledge, skills and abilities in sports and physical activities; developing the ability to apply the acquired values in the life of future specialists; maintaining and strengthening health; consistently developing the physical culture of specialists.

The main tasks are:

  • developing an understanding of the role of physical culture in personal development and preparing specialists for professional activity, motivational and value-based attitudes towards physical culture, and establishing a healthy lifestyle;
  • strengthening health indicators, developing and improving psychophysical abilities, qualities and characteristics of the individual, promoting the proper formation and comprehensive development of the body, maintaining a high level of psychophysical condition throughout the entire period of study;
  • improving the functional and morphological capabilities of the body, preventing diseases and injuries;
  • cultivating the need for physical improvement and self-education, regular physical exercise and sports
  • acquiring theoretical knowledge, practical and methodological skills in specialisations in sports, physical activity, health training, sports training, physical rehabilitation;
  • acquisition of a range of motor skills and abilities, ensuring general and professional-applied physical fitness, which determine the psychophysical readiness of graduates of higher education institutions for life and their chosen profession;
  • acquisition of sports and technical skills and abilities to perform state or departmental tests and control standards at the level of requirements of educational and qualification characteristics and educational and professional programmes of the relevant specialist.

Competencies that the academic discipline of Physical Education aims to develop and nurture:

  • The ability to preserve and multiply the moral, cultural, scientific values and achievements of society based on an understanding of the history and patterns of development of the subject area, its place in the general system of knowledge about nature and society and in the development of society, technology and technologies, to use various types and forms of physical activity for active recreation and a healthy lifestyle.
  • The ability to apply knowledge in practical situations.
  • The ability to work in a team.
  • The ability to search for, process and analyse information from various sources.
  • The ability to adapt and act in new situations.

To organize physical education, each educational and scientific institute (formerly faculty) has appointed deputy directors for physical education and sports:

  • Educational and Scientific Institute of Energy, Electronics and Electromechanics (E) – Senior Lecturer Oleksandr Petrenko (oleksandr.petrenko@khpi.edu.ua).
  • Educational and Scientific Institute of Mechanical Engineering and Transport (MIT) – Associate Professor Serhii Hrdzelidze (serhii.hrdzelidze@khpi.edu.ua).
  • Educational and Scientific Institute of Computer Modelling, Applied Physics and Mathematics (ICM) – Senior Lecturer Svitlana Shyriaieva (svitlana.shyriaieva@khpi.edu.ua).
  • Educational and Scientific Institute of Chemical Technology and Engineering (CT) – Senior Lecturer Serhii Khrapov (serhii.khrapov@khpi.edu.ua).
  • Educational and Scientific Institute of Economics, Management and International Business (EMB) – Senior Lecturer Vita Rodihina (vita.rodyhina@khpi.edu.ua).
  • Educational and Scientific Institute of Social and Humanitarian Technologies (SGT) – Senior Lecturer Iryna Nedbailo (iryna.nedbailo@khpi.edu.ua).
  • Educational and Scientific Institute of Computer Science and Information Technology (CS) – Senior Lecturer Volodymyr Kazak (volodymyr.kazak@khpi.edu.ua).
  • Educational and Scientific Institute of International Education (IE) – Associate Professor Olesia Bilous (olesia.bilous@khpi.edu.ua).
  • Military Institute of Tank Forces of NTU ‘KhPI’ (VITV) – Senior Lecturer Andrii Kolisnychenko (andrii.kolisnychenko@khpi.edu.ua).

The physical education process is carried out by physical education training sections, which combine relevant specialisations in sports and physical activity.

Physical Education Training Sections and Department Lecturers:

PHYSICAL EDUCATION TRAINING SECTION ‘TRACK AND FIELD’.

Sports: athletics

Teachers of training groups specialising in sports:

  1. Senior lecturer Tetiana Fedoryna – athletics.
  2. Senior lecturer Volodymyr Kazak – athletics.
  3. Senior lecturer Viktoryna Fomenko – athletics.
  4. Senior lecturer Anna Arabadzhi – athletics.

PHYSICAL EDUCATION TRAINING SECTION ‘SPORTS GAMES’.

Sports: badminton, basketball, volleyball, table tennis, tennis, football

Teachers of training groups specialising in sports:

  1. Senior lecturer Viktoriia Liubiieva – badminton
  2. Senior lecturer Mikhail Sterin – badminton
  3. Senior lecturer Serhii Khrapov – basketball
  4. Lecturer Olena Khrapova – basketball
  5. Senior lecturer Iryna Nedbailo – volleyball
  6. Senior Lecturer Viktoriia Natarova– volleyball
  7. Senior Lecturer Andrii Kolisnychenko– table tennis
  8. Senior Lecturer Yurii Donets– tennis
  9. Senior Lecturer Valerii Bychkov– football
  10. Senior Lecturer Serhii Khirnyi – football

 PHYSICAL EDUCATION TRAINING SECTION ‘SWIMMING AND AEROBICS’.

Sports: swimming, water polo, aerobics

Teachers of training groups specialising in sports:

  1. Associate Professor Olena Bloshenko – swimming
  2. Professor Oleksii Yushko – water polo
  3. Senior Lecturer Vita Rodihina – swimming
  4. Senior Lecturer Hrihorii Kucherenko– swimming
  5. Senior Lecturer Viktoriia Babadzhanian– swimming
  6. Senior Lecturer Svitlana Shyriaieva – swimming
  7. Senior Lecturer Olena Kurii– swimming
  8. Senior Lecturer Tetiana Kapustina– aerobics

PHYSICAL EDUCATION TRAINING SECTION ‘COMBAT SPORTS’.

Sports: arm wrestling, freestyle wrestling, Greco-Roman wrestling, sambo wrestling, judo wrestling, weightlifting, kettlebell lifting, tourism, rock climbing

Teachers of training groups specialising in sports:

  1. Associate Professor Volodymyr Petrenko – arm wrestling
  2. Senior Lecturer Oleksandr Petrenko – arm wrestling
  3. Associate Professor Serhii Hrdzelidze – freestyle wrestling
  4. Associate Professor Andrii Yevtyfiiev – Greco-Roman wrestling
  5. Lecturer Ivan Budnyk – freestyle wrestling
  6. Associate Professor Iryna Liashuha – sambo, judo
  7. Associate Professor Serhii Hliadia – weightlifting
  8. Senior Lecturer Yurii Vasyliev – kettlebell lifting
  9. Senior Lecturer Yevgen Tymko – rock climbing
  10. Senior Lecturer Oleh Kovalov – tourism

PHYSICAL REHABILITATION TRAINING SECTION ‘SPECIAL MEDICAL GROUP’ AND ‘PREPARATORY MEDICAL GROUP’

Teachers of SMG training groups:

  1. Senior lecturer Mariia Dolhareva – 1st year students of all institutes
  2. Senior lecturer Iryna Dehtiarova – 2nd year students of all institutes
  3. Lecturer Iuliia Gasan – 3rd year students of all institutes

Teachers of PMG study groups:

  1. Senior Lecturer Viktoriia Yurchenko – students of all institutes
  2. Lecturer Viktoriya Tsereteli – students of all institutes

EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT OF SPECIALITY A7 ‘PHYSICAL CULTURE AND SPORTS’

Department lecturers:

  1. Associate Professor Lina Zinchenko – fitness
  2. Professor Natalia Boreiko – swimming
  3. Associate Professor Timur Arabadzhy – basketball
  4. Associate Professor Artem Tiniakov – basketball
  5. Associate Professor Kateryna Bleshchunova – fitness
  6. Associate Professor Iryna Yevtyfiieva – tennis
  7. Associate Professor Ihor Poliakov – freestyle wrestling
  8. Associate Professor Oksana Poliakova – fitness (foreign students)
  9. Associate Professor Olesia Bilous – fitness (foreign students)
  10. Associate Professor Sergiy Bochkarev– freestyle wrestling
  11. Associate Professor Liubov Azarenkova– fitness (correspondence department)

Syllabi have been developed by the department’s teachers to familiarise students with the physical education programme.

If you dream of success, get moving!