INTERDISCIPLINARY ANTHROPOLOGICAL APPROACH IN STUDENTS’ STUDYING AT A PHYSICAL EDUCATION UNIVERSITY RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

The problem of using an interdisciplinary anthropological approach in the scientific works of students, studying at universities of physical culture are revealed in the article, as a strategy for studying the process of physical education and human development, considered as a multifaceted bio-psycho-socio-cultural phenomenon, in the inseparable unity of body and spirit, natural and social, somatic and mental in it. The research problem relevance is due to the «anthropological turn» observed in pedagogical and sports science, as a methodological direction requiring an interdisciplinary synthesis of anthropological knowledge in natural and socio-humanitarian sciences. However, the analysis of scientific works, performed by students of physical education universities indicates a one-sided approach to the analysis of physical education and an athlete’s personality formation, which is considered as if in parts, depending on the development of which qualities attention is focused on. In this regard, the need to develop the leading principles of an interdisciplinary anthropological approach, as well as the methodological foundations of its application in the research activities of students, contributing to a holistic view of a person, his comprehensive development in the process of physical education and sports, becomes particularly relevant. The purpose and objectives of the research are to study the methodological role and features of the application of an interdisciplinary anthropological approach as a theoretical and methodological strategy for research conducted by students in the field of physical culture and sports. The research aim and objectives are the need to study the methodological role of the interdisciplinary anthropological approach, the possibility and expediency of its use as a theoretical and methodological basis for research conducted by students in the field of physical culture and sports. Research materials and methods include: analysis of scientific and educational literature, comparative analysis and systematization of graduate qualification works of students, studying at a physical education university. The research results showed that the use of an interdisciplinary anthropological approach in scientific research allows students of physical education universities to overcome the extremes of a one-sided view of athletes’ physical education and training, to focus not only on physical, but also socio-cultural, individual psychological, spiritual and ethical personality’s development. Findings and conclusion. The interdisciplinary understanding of the anthropological approach meaning, which determines the theoretical and methodological foundations content of the research conducted by students in the field of physical education and sports, is the most significant contribution to the theory of physical education and sports.