SELF-EVALUATION AND EVALUATION OF THE PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE OF PRE-SERVICE PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHERS

The article examines the problem of gained and developed level of teacher's professional competence during the studies of pre-service physical education teachers. The aim of the research was to estimate the level of teachers’ professional competence of pre-service physical education teachers. The survey sample included 62 exploratory respondents: 36 students of 4th course of Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy study programme and 26 mentors. The questionnaire survey method was applied for the research. Using the method of statistical analysis, the descriptive statistics has been done. The criteria of Mann Whitney U was used for comparing two independent samples. The accomplished empirical research information reveals that the most part of the pre-service physical education teachers has a high level of acquired teachers professional competence. KEYWORDS: pre-service teachers, competence, self- evaluation, the evaluation