ORGANIZATIONAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE CONDITIONS FOR THE INTRODUCTION OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION IN SLOBOZHANSHCHYNA GYMNASIUMS IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE XIXTH –THE BEGINNING OF THE XXTH CENTURY

The current relevance of the research. Comprehensive study of the historical and cultural heritage of Ukraine, an objective assessment of historical realities, the identification of progressive ideas, comprehension and awareness of the achievements of previous generations on physical education is one of the starting conditions for reforming the modern system of physical education in educational institutions. The aim is to study the peculiarities of organization and administration of physical education in Slobozhanshchyna gymnasiums in the second half of the XIXth–early XXth centuries. Methods: analysis of literary sources and documents, comparative-historical and structural system methods. Results. Analysis of archival documents of the investigated period made it possible to assert that physical education, as a subject of study, began to be introduced in the Slobozhanshchyna gymnasiums in 1860’s. The gymnastics lesson gained the status of a compulsory school subject in 1890’s, it was conditioned by a significant decrease in the level of health of high school students and active development of sports movement in Slobozhanschyna. In addition to the gymnastics lesson, the following forms of physical education were introduced in the gymnasium: active breaks (recreation), military patriotic games, walks and excursions, classes in sports clubs, athletic holidays and competitions. The official authority regulated the introduction of physical education in the gymnasium and controlled this process. Responsibility for its content, due to the lack of the same curricula, was entrusted to the administration of educational institutions. The questions of financial, personnel, material and technical support of the gymnasium were solved independently. Conclusions. A characteristic feature of the physical education of the students of the Slobozhanschyna gymnasiums of the investigated period is the difference in time of the introduction of various forms of physical education into the educational process of gymnasiums because of the lack of necessary conditions in many of them