Donka Zheleva-Terzieva
Associate Professor, PhD in Pedagogy
Trakia University, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria

Abstract
In recent decades, in the scientific space, more and more people talk and work in connection with the so-called hypodynamia, which is motor activity insufficient for people’s good health. Attempts to counteract this phenomenon are implemented at different levels and in different areas, including and in education. This article examines the opinion and attitude of students preparing to work as special educators, to the benefits for themselves as educators and to the motor activity of the children with whom they will work in the future, as well as to the possibilities in the application of acquired sports-animation competence, as a result of training in the discipline “Sports animation in an educational environment”. The respondents of the research are 23 students from the fourth year of the Faculty of Education at Trakia University – Stara Zagora. The method of pedagogical research survey was used. The results show high levels of positivism towards the importance of acquiring sports-animation competence and its application in and outside the professional-pedagogical activity.

Keywords: sports animation, special educational needs, pedagogues