The Establishment and Development of a Therapeutic Area in Students' Physical Education

Caring for the health of the young generation is a refer to the organization of physical education for students from special medical groups. The article aims to disclose and summarize historical, theoretical and methodical principles of developing a therapeutic area in physical education of university students during the second half of the 20th century - the early 21st century. Research methods are the following: theoretical analysis and summary of literary sources and documentary materials; historical-and-pedagogical analysis of philosophical, psycho-pedagogical, scientific-methodical studies of Ukrainian and foreign researchers and regulatory documents; comparativeand-historical analysis; comparison, generalization, systematization, synthesis; constructive-and-genetic method; special scientific methods: chronological order; search method and bibliographic analysis. The article analyzes historical and methodical aspects of developing a therapeutic area in physical education of Ukrainian and foreign students, as well as the main stages in its establishment and development within the specified time, in the context of permanent changes in the attitude towards maintaining the health of university students. It justifies the legal framework of developing a therapeutic area in physical education in Ukrainian and foreign higher education institutions (HEIs) within the specified time. Also, the article traces and summarizes the characteristic trends in the development of the content and basic forms of establishing a therapeutic area in physical education of university students within the specified time. Finally, it reveals how the main pedagogical-organizational principles of physical education for students from special medical groups have been developed.