Features of training specialists of physical culture and sports to work in an inclusive educational environment

Abstract

The article is devoted to the issues of training a specialist in physical culture and sports, ready to work in an inclusive education. The theoretical aspects of inclusive education are considered, the characteristics of persons with special educational needs are given, statistical data on the coverage of persons with disabilities with secondary and higher education in the Republic of Kazakhstan are given. The pedagogical prerequisites for training specialists of physical culture and sports to work with people with special educational needs are considered. The components that determine the readiness of a specialist for professional activity are identified; the characteristics of the psychological, theoretical and practical readiness of a teacher are given; the main functions of a teacher of physical culture and sports are considered; recommendations on the competencies formed in the process of training a teacher of physical culture and sports who is competent to work in an inclusive education are given.