Human Mission in Society- Motive for Admission at the Faculty of Sport and Physical Education
When we asked the best students of the Faculty of Sport and Physical Education of the University of Montenegro why did they attend this Faculty, their answers were: ‘’love for sport and journalism’’, ‘’wish for healthy lifestyle’’, ‘’the improving of knowledge, overcoming sports ad life lessons’’, and the desire to become teachers, coaches, journalists, scientists…
We were talking about the same topic with Stevo Popovic, PhD, the Dean of the Faculty of Sport and Physical Education, for website.
UoM: Why would you recommend the Faculty of Sport and Physical Education of the University of Montenegro as an option to young people?
POPOVIC, PhD: Although it is very hard to give preference to any science, I would not be immodest if I give preference to that which I do.
In fact, we develop multidisciplinary scientific field that aims to preventive effect on the health of citizens, primarily, but also in the segment where they can feel better in the physiological, social and economic sense at the Faculty of Sport and Physical Education more than a decade.
Therefore, all those who want to join us in this human mission, I suggest to attend our Faculty and to become the part of the team that will continue to develop this very important segment of society in the future.
UoM: Practical training for students of your Faculty is distinguished by its specificity. Could you describe closer how does one student day of the practical training look like?
POPOVIC, PhD: What I would like to emphasize is that the lessons at the Faculty of Sport and Physical Education have the specific character compared to other faculties.
In fact, only here next to the theoretical lectures, we have the practical lessons implemented outside the classroom, giving them a special character and challenge for the students, as well as the pleasure for all those who do not like to be static, but dynamic and in motion, even when they acquire new skills and knowledge.
UoM: Faculty of Sport and Physical Education will get a new sports hall. What will that mean to the Faculty students?
POPOVIC, PhD: I am very glad that the country has the sense and that we will soon have the sports hall which is necessary for the smooth functioning of the Faculty and adequate implementation of teaching.
It is very difficult to speak what it means to students when we get it, it is easier to talk about how much we need it, but fortunately for us and our students, we will have it very soon, and the rest will be left behind.
UoM: As one of the co-organizers of one of the biggest international sports conference, which gathered scientist from all around the world in Dubrovnik this year, Faculty has developed the network of cooperation with faculties from the region and the world. What are the benefits that students and the Faculty itself will have from participation in the Conference of world scale?
POPOVIC, PhD: Thank you to the epithet that it is the biggest, even if, I would like to emphasize with modesty that it is one of the biggest, which really has powerful impact in both: Montenegro and beyond.
The very fact that 223 registered participants from 42 world countries were presented at this year’s Conference, says about the huge international character of Conference, that is, first of all, aimed at gathering a large number of researchers who have exchanged their experiences and knowledge, but also transfer to the students who had the chance to meet in their neighborhood so many prominent names from the field of sports science, and make contacts and possible cooperation with them, especially when we talk about mentoring.
UoM: There are many scientific research projects of the Faculty with interesting results in the progress. What did those researches reveal?
POPOVIC, PhD: Researches reveal inaccessible knowledge so far, so that every researcher will have the opportunity to discover something to the society what they had not had a chance to hear. In that way, researcher draws attention and affirms, first of all himself, then the institution he represents, and sometimes the country of origin, in cases when it comes to the scientific solutions useful on an international scale.
There are many projects at the Faculty of Sport and Physical Education thanks to which the Faculty is recognized in Montenegro, as well as the region and beyond.
There are credible research teams, and we are looking forward to the new forces that are reflected through students of master and PhD studies how are slowly growing up next to the older colleagues.
UoM: International redactions of scientific journals of the Faculty are another cause for connection or reaching new scientific achievements?
POPOVIC, PhD: Scientific journals are the best media through which scientists communicate with each other, and for this reason every serious institution has the intention to make its own journal and to control the scientific mainstreams in that way.
Our Faculty manages to properly regulate three scientific journals, two of which are indexed in internationally recognized indexed bases and thus they pay attention of all potential authors to our employees, our institution and our country.
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UoM: Faculty is traditionally the host of the proclamation of the athlete of the year?
POPOVIC, PhD: Yes, it is our great pleasure because the cooperation with the Association of Sports Journalists of Montenegro continues to operate at a high level and because the end of December is reserved for the event older than half a century, and which proclaimed the best that is held in our amphitheater.
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