Organization of physical education for foreign students within the framework of a blended learning format

The problem of the research is to find forms, means, and methods of teaching that are designed to intensify the organization of physical education for foreign students. The purpose of the study is to clarify the pedagogical essence of the concept of physical education and blended learning, to identify, justify, and implement organizational and pedagogical conditions, the implementation of which is designed to ensure the effectiveness of physical education in a blended learning format. The research methodology consists of analysis of scientific sources of terminological dictionaries, description of the historical development of blended learning, and timing of the physical education for foreign students. As a result of the study, the pedagogical essence of the concepts ‘Physical Education’ and ‘Blended Learning’ was clarified; organizational and pedagogical conditions were identified, justified, and implemented, increasing the effectiveness of physical education for foreign students due to the scientifically based distribution of time in various parts of the lesson (increasing the time for performing physical exercise), due to the developed electronic course “Elective Physical Education for Foreign Students”, which made it possible to reduce the time for explanation and demonstration and increase the density of classes.