Lietuvos edukologijos universiteto Kuno kulturos bakalauro studiju programos I kurso studentu kokybisko studiju proceso samprata

• Published in: Sporto mokslas 2017-12, Vol.12 (4=90), p.20-26
• Main Authors: Zibeniene, Gintaute, Ustilaite, Stase
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Hochschule; Litauen; Qualität; Sport; Sportpädagogik; Studium
• ISSN: 2424-3949; 1392-1401; 2424-3949
• DOI: 10.15823/sm.2017.35

The paper presents the concept of high-quality study process of the first-year physical education students at the Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences (further on - LUES). The paper raises a problem that it is not clear enough what approaches related to high-quality study process the first-year physical education students bring with themselves, what didactic direction in the study process seems to them the most appropriate. Therefore, the object of the research is the concept of high-quality study process of the first-year physical education students at the Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences. The objective of empirical research is to identify the specificities of high-quality study process on the basis of the concept of the first-year physical education students at the LUES. 108 first-year physical education students of bachelor's degree studies at the Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences participated in the research by using the method of a questionnaire survey. Those were precisely the first-year students, who were chosen, because they have not managed to adopt the culture of the organisation, in which they study, yet, but they have already acquired some experience of studying. Convenience sample was chosen for the research, because such students attend lectures, do not have the experience of previous study programmes in other institutions of higher education, are not hard to find in the premises of their studies. The following research methods were used: the quantitative content analysis of scientific literature and documents, the replies of the students to an open-ended question on high-quality study process. The concept of high-quality study process in the students was analysed on the basis quantitative content analysis when a text is examined by singling out significant phrases or words by formulating them into subcategories and categories. The research ethics: the research was conducted in compliance with the principle of voluntarism, in the environment of student studies, at their convenience. The consent of the researches and the permission of study programme managers were also obtained, an opportunity was provided not to participate. The first-year students associate quality study process with three essential components: 1) teaching, 2) the identification of the characteristics of high-quality study process and 3) the organising of study process. The first-year students perceive high-quality study process as the one b