Formation of the cognitive component of future border guard officers' readiness for physical education of personnel

Melnykov A., Rybak L. Formation of the cognitive component of future border guard officers’ readiness for physical education of personnel. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2016;6(12):983-995. eISSN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2544126 http://ojs.ukw.edu.pl/index.php/johs/article/view/6500 The journal has had 7 points in Ministry of Science and Higher Education parametric evaluation. Part B item 754 (09.12.2016). 754 Journal of Education, Health and Sport eISSN 2391-8306 7 © The Author (s) 2016; This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper. Received: 05.12.2016. Revised 20.12.2016. Accepted: 25.12.2016. FORMATION OF THE COGNITIVE COMPONENT OF FUTURE BORDER GUARD OFFICERS’ READINESS FOR PHYSICAL EDUCATION OF PERSONNEL A. Melnykov, L. Rybak National Academy of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine named after Bogdan Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine Abstract The data on the state of formation of cognitive component of the readiness of future border guard officers to physical education of personnel was obtained and analyzed. The study was attended by 128 cadets of the specialized institution of higher education. The state of formation of the studied component of readiness was determined taking into account the recommendations of experts. In this regard, the criterion of formation of the cognitive component was the assessment for accomplishing of the theoretical part of the physical training exam. It was determined that 71.1% of the cadets achieved the planned result, while the grades of the rest were slightly lower. The obtained data indicated a reserve for improvement, first of all, regarding the approaches to formation and implementation of the content of physical training of future officers of the Border Guard Service during their study in a specialized institution of higher education. This will increase the number of graduates with high and higher than the average levels of cognitive readiness for the physical education of personnel. Keywords: cognitive readiness, physical education, cadets, specialized institution of higher education, border guard service