World Journal on Educational Technology: Current Issues Volume 13, Issue 1, (2021) 42-53 www.wj-et.eu Developing primary school students’ skills on general developmental exercises and teachers’ professional development on learning technologies in physical education Ospankulov Еrnar * , Institute of Pedagogy and Psychology, Department of Pedagogy and Methods of primary education, KazNPU named after Abai, Dostyk аve., Almaty, Kazakhstan Zhumabaуeva Aziya Eleupanovna, Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Institute of Pedagogy and Psychology, Department of Pedagogy and Methods of primary education, KazNPU named after Abai, Dostyk аve., Almaty, Kazakhstan Umirbekova Akerke Nurlanbekovna, Institute of Pedagogy and Psychology, Department of Pedagogy and Methods of primary education, KazNPU named after Abai, Dostyk аve., Almaty, Kazakhstan Akpayeva Asel Bakirovna, Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Institute of Pedagogy and Psychology, Department of Pedagogy and Methods of primary education, KazNPU named after Abai, Dostyk аve., Almaty, Kazakhstan Kenesbayev Serik Mukhtaruly, Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Institute of Pedagogy and Psychology, Department of Pedagogy and Methods of primary education, KazNPU named after Abai, Dostyk аve., Almaty, Kazakhstan Suggested Citation: Еrnar, O., Eleupanovna, Z. A., Nurlanbekovna, U. A., Bakirovna, A. A. & Mukhtaruly, K. S. (2021). Developing primary school students’ skills on general developmental exercises and teachers’ professional development on learni ng technologies in physical education. World Journal on Educational Technology: Current Issues. 13(1), 87-98. https://doi.org/10.18844/wjet.v13i1.5408 Received June 25, 2020; revised August 12, 2020; accepted December 20, 2020. Selection and peer review under responsibility of Prof. Dr. Servet Bayram, Yeditepe University, Turkey. © 2021 Birlesik Dunya Yenilik Arastirma ve Yayincilik Merkezi. All rights reserved. Abstract This study aims to develop primary school students’ general development exercise skills and reveal teachers’ views about their professional development on learning technologies in physical education. Mixed method was used in the study with experimental and qualitative research methods. The main relevance of this study is an analysis that conducts an experiment of a system of general development exercises that are used to perform independently by primary school students to clarify, verify the results of the study and test an effective experimental method in this direction. During the study, the experimental groups and control group of primary school students were included and the results of experiment and qualitative data were analysed. In addition, the study revealed comparative data with analysis, synthesis, questionnaires, diagnostics and other practical methods. As a result of the experimental work, a system of specific general developmental exercises (GDE) aimed at developing the skills of independent performance by primary school students through GDE was developed. Elements of life movements taken from various roots of Kazakh national culture were introduced into the system of GDE within the framework of cooperation with class teachers, a series of thematic methodological seminars were held for physical education teachers and a methodological guide was developed. Results of this study provided practical implications for primary school teachers to use systems of a new direction of preparing children for a healthy lifestyle. Keywords: General development exercises, primary school teachers, students, physical education. * ADDRESS OF CORRESPONDENCE: Ospankulov Еrnar, Institute of Pedagogy and Psychology, Department of Pedagogy and Methods of primary education, KazNPU named after Abai, Dostyk аve., Almaty, Kazakhstan Email Address: ernar_erke@mail.ru