Motivational and value potential of the discipline “Physical Culture”: statistics, analytics and evaluation based on the survey of students in Russia and Kazakhstan

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L.I. Lubysheva
The Russian University of Sport «GTSOLIFK» (Moscow).
Email: fizkult@teoriya.ru
N.V. Minnikaeva
Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (North-West Institute of Management) (Saint Petersburg).

Abstract

Objective of the study is to determine the motivational and value potential of the discipline “Physical Culture” on the basis of a survey of Russian and Kazakh students. Methods and structure of the study. A survey of university students of Russia and Kazakhstan (N=588) was conducted regarding the compulsory discipline “Physical Culture”, including “Elective courses in physical education”. Results and conclusions. A persistent dissonance was revealed between the institutional requirement (“to get a pass”) and the personal goals of students (“health”, “tone”, “communication”): 61.8% of respondents consider the discipline optional, 44.3% assess the standards as “a completely useless activity”, while 97% of absences are formalised “due to illness”. Content analysis of open-ended answers identified key barriers: an inconvenient schedule, the personality of the teacher. Relying on the three-stage model of forming a value attitude towards PC (“I want” → “I need” → “I can”), it was shown that the majority of students (54%) get stuck at the initial stage, not achieving self-actualisation. The comparative analysis of Russia and Kazakhstan did not reveal significant differences, which allows us to speak of the systemic nature of the problem in the post-Soviet educational space. The question is raised of the necessity of revising the compulsory status of the discipline or its radical transformation.

Keywords

physical culture at university, motivational and value orientations, students of Russia and Kazakhstan, reform of the discipline “Physical Culture”

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Received: 17.06.2026 | Published: 26.06.2026

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