The contribution of the University of Salerno to physical education and sport sciences

Abstract

The study focuses on the scientific evolution of physical education at the University of Salerno. Its usefulness is in the ordinary usability for the necessary remodulation, caused by the constant adaptations of the degree courses in the contexts of departmental education and more generally of the university. The central indications of the Ministry of Education, University and Research and the assessments to which each university is subjected require an activity of monitoring, analysis and self-assessment of increasing quantitative level. Exercise and sport sciences enjoy facilities for the complex educational activity, due to the additional load of specific internships in the practical sport activities, butthe degree program activationis facilitated for a lower requirement of the presence of professors compared to other study courses, and so, which leads to particular attention for the strategic development strategic lines of university. The target is to identify the evolutionary path, through a longitudinal survey, to highlight the process that determined the result. The results show an increase in the frequency of students compared to other places and a constant adaptation to the best progressive conditions of human resources in terms of consistency of the specific aims of the training activities with those of the degree courses. A strong educational character emerges that should be analyzed comparatively with the other universities. In conclusion, the study provides the university with the guarantees for an expansion and a subsequent development towards more performing and managerial addresses.