The paper considers sports traditions and recreational activities held in the Orthodox parochial gymnasium in Surgut, within a comprehensive study of spiritual and moral upnringing of students and a model of pedagogical support of spiritual and moral upbringing of students in Orthodox educational institutions. The study is aimed at identifying personal attitude of students towards sports and recreational activities in an Orthodox environment. The study was to confirm or refute the hypothesis that spiritual and moral upbringing of students within the Orthodox tradition is not only complying with the students’ desire for self improvement and physical development, but it also stimulates the interest to healthy lifestyle. The research methods included observation, surveys, analysis of the reporting documents from the educational institutions provided by PE teachers, and other materials. The results of the study confirmed the hypothesis, since none of 150 respondents expressed doubts about the need to develop physical fitness and promote sports among students with traditional orthodox values. Furthermore, the experimental data have shown that 94% of respondents take regular part in sports activities, both within school and outside it. The athors have compiled a table of the most popular sports in the Orthodox school community and estimated the number of participants in various sports and recreational activities. The analysis revealed an interesting pattern that the collective spirit of the Orthodox school community makes team sports more popular than individual ones. This fact has a significant practical importance for planning sports and recreational activities in school curriculum. The authors have proposed an academic year program of sports and recreational activities in general school as an optimal form of integrating orthodox school students into sports and recreational activities. The program considers both general features in a particular educational institution and individual characteristics of students. The program is sufficient for a gymnasium with a low level of sports infrastructure.
duhovno-nravstvennoe vospitanie, fizicheskoe vospitanie, sportivnye tradicii, pravoslavnaya gimnaziya, ekologo-valeologiya, zdorovyy obraz zhizni
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