THE ROLE OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION IN THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS OF HIGHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

Аннотация

This paper presents a review of recent scientific research on the role of physical culture in higher education(in higher educational institutions), analyzes the importance of physical culture in the educational process, as the implementation of the goals of the state.The emphasis is on the preservation and maintenance, and strengthening of health by students in the process of studying at theuniversity. Keywords:physical culture, system of higher education, higher education, universities, high schools, physical education inhigh school. Physical culture is acquiring particular importance in modern conditions, and especially in the structure of higher educational institutions, since a large amount of time students are forced to sit inlectures and practical (perform sometask whilesitting). And during the session, students devote a large amount of time to preparing for exams and tests, which is why their daily routine, food intake are often disrupted, and physical activity is reduced to a minimum. Such a situation can lead to physical inactivity, which in turn can lead todeath in 10%ofcases. Currently, young peopleare increasingly affected bythisdisease[1]. On the other hand, in the curricula of higher education institutions of the Republic of Uzbekistan there is such a discipline as “Physical Culture” as a compulsory academic discipline. It is important to note that physical education occupies a central place in military training, and internal affairs officers, in accordance with this, the requirements for the physical training of students in these universities are higher. In these conditions, assessing the role of physical culturein thehigher education system is very important. In recent years, special attention has been paid to the analysis of scientific approaches tothestudy ofphysical culture invarious sciences: sociology, pedagogy, economics, marketing. From the point of view of sociology, the issue is highlighted that affects the social meaning of physical culture, the possibility and attempts of its integration into various social structures. In accordance with this point of view, the role of physical education at a university is to organize leisure and recreational activities, realize creative potential, and develop the essential strengths ofstudents[2]. From a pedagogical point of view, attention is paid to the methods and forms of physical exerciseand theirimpact onthestudent’s adaptation. From an economic point of view, physical culture is considered as something that provides benefits in the form of health, harmonious development of a person and the preparation ofhis life, leisure, etc. -which has aclearly defined social character. The historical aspect of the role of physical culture for the harmonious development of a person and a future specialist is considered, and disorders resulting from a sedentary lifestyle are described. In addition, students are often passionate about fast food, irrational and excessive nutrition in terms of volume, energy value and the number of chemical additives. And then other problems appear - obesity and overweight, which are becoming universal, including in the education system. Thus, according to the World Health Organization: the total number of obese page273 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ISSN:2692-5206,ImpactFactor:12,23 AmericanAcademicpublishers,volume05,issue02,2025 Journal: https://www.academicpublishers.org/journals/index.php/ijai people worldwide has already reached 1.7 billion people; One in three adults in the world is overweight, and onein ten is obese. An important fact is that about 80% of citizens, including 50% of children, adolescents and young people do not systematically engage in physical culture and sports. Thus, for university students and graduates, physical education and sports can become effective tools that allow them to: reduce excess weight, relieve stress; reduction of negative experiences, increased performance. Which requires a systematic increase in the physical fitness of university students. The expansion of physical education work will help increase the mass participation of physical cultureand sports inthe Republicof Uzbekistan. The question of training professional teachers or trainers in the field of physical education arises when considering the role of physical education in the system of higher professional education, since physical education is a mandatory discipline in the process of training studentsof alldirections and profiles. The main emphasis is on the fact that university physical culture should be considered as a sociocultural phenomenon; in this case, physical culture in the system of higher professional education includes various areas of physical education activities of students: educational and developmental, general applied, sports, recreational, professional. applied and corrective". It can be concluded that the role of physical education in the higher education system is currently underestim