Study Regarding the Knowledge and Self-knowledge of the Physical Education and Sports Students in the Professional Formation Process

Abstract

This paper is an experimental study conducted on 35 subjects, in February 2011, first-year undergraduate and second-year graduate physical education students. The study was based on the self-knowledge test "Are you a good collaborator?” created by Nicolae Radu, in 2007, pag. 107-109. As research methods, we used the study of specialized literature, the testing method, the statistical-mathematical method, and the observation method. The aim of the study was to attain a good knowledge of the students and to make them aware of their abilities and their possibilities for self-assertion. The results emphasized that the students' average values were 18.86 points for a coordinator, 17.31 for the modeler, 15.51 points for the creator, and 18.34 for a collaborator, which demonstrates higher inclinations and abilities towards leading the didactic process than for coordination and creation. At the same time, the maximum individual values, of 33 points for a coordinator, 27 points for a modeler, 20 points for a creator, and 31 points for a collaborator, prove that there are exceptions that will excel in our profession. The first hypothesis, stating that "there are no differences regarding the type of behavior between the undergraduate and the graduate students" proved to be false. The graduate students had higher individual and average values for the coordinator and modeler, while the undergraduates scored higher for the collaborator and the coordinator. Concerning the creator type of behavior, in all situations we observed low individual and average values, an aspect that must direct the individual and group formative process.