Olympic education in the system of training specialists in the specialty "physical culture and sports" in ukraine

The research made it possible to determine the effectiveness of the implementation of questions of the Olympic education in the training of specialists in the sphere of physical culture and sports, to supplement the scientific data related to the implementation of Olympic education in the establishments of higher education of Ukraine.Purpose: identification of problems in the implementation of the Olympic education in the system of training specialists in the field of "physical culture and sport" in Ukraine and the rationale for ways to overcome them.Material and methods: synthesis and analysis of scientific and methodical literature, documentary sources, systematization and generalization, questioning.Results: investigated the implementation of the Olympic education in the establishments of higher education of Ukraine; established sources of information that are used by students to study questions about Olympic education; problems of the implementation of the Olympic education in the system of training specialists in the specialty "physical culture and sports" are defined and ways to overcome them are substantiated.Conclusions: the main reasons for the slow implementation of the Olympic education in the establishments of higher education of Ukraine include the following: stereotypical views of specialists in the formation of research topics; lack of experience of students and teachers in participation in grant projects related to the Olympic education; conservatism in the views of teachers about the organization of the educational process etc.Among the ways to improve the process of attracting students to the study of issues related to the Olympic education, research has allowed: the intensification of work by educational staff and students in searching for grant programs regarding the conduct of scientific research on the problems of the Olympic movement; supplementation of tasks for students independent work with questions that can be found on sports sites; systematic updating and addition of texts of lectures in accordance with changes that occur in the Olympic movement; creation of thematic groups in social networks in which students could share information.