Shaping student personality through physical activity: analysis of current research

the study aims to analyze and systematize research findings on the role of physical activity in shaping student personality, to form the theoretical basis for our research and define its relevant scientific topic. The research hypothesis based on the assumption that analyzing the results of scientific and pedagogical research by Chinese scientists on the problems of shaping the student's personality by means of physical activity will contribute to the identification of a scientific gap in pedagogical discourse and the formation of the theoretical foundations for its study. Research methods. Theoretical methods of scientific and pedagogical research used: theoretical analysis of literary sources of pedagogical and methodological nature, analysis, generalization and systematization of information material, search in the Russian Scientific Electronic Library and in the Google Trends search engine by keywords, method of equity participation for quantitative analysis of data obtained because of the search. The results of scientific research by Chinese scientists published in scientific journals, books, monographs analyzed. Results. After a brief theoretical analysis of literary scientific and pedagogical sources, it is possible to identify a scientific lacuna, where there is a shortage of scientifically based knowledge about the role of children's and youth associations and organizations in shaping the personality of students by means of physical activity in interaction with educational organizations.

physical education, physical activity, physical culture, students, personality formation