Percepções de professores dos anos iniciais do ensino fundamental sobre a prática de educação física com as crianças

Abstract

This study was part of the Graduate Distance Program of the Sports and Physical Education Center, Federal University of Santa Maria and aimed to analyze the perception of teachers' Early Years of primary school, about the practice of Fitness with children. This research is justified by the importance of physical education to develop the building of the student as a whole in the teaching-learning process in the school setting. The methodological approaches that have been adopted followed the assumptions of qualitative approach of a case study. The field of study was the Primary Education State School Marieta D'Ambrose, the city of Santa Maria, with information collected through a semi-structured questionnaire made with teachers of the Early Years of elementary school, said school. To interpret the information collected was used content analysis. We conclude that the degree courses are characterized by elements that influence whether or not the quality of the actions of future teachers, and that for the teachers participating in this study, the knowledge about the area of Physical Education, the initial training course, were obtained mainly through the discipline of Teaching Physical Education. With respect to continuing education, the teachers care about this and are going in search of this continuing education in order to obtain and / or update their knowledge/knowledge of the area of Physical Education, therefore, show the importance of the practice of physical education, as that perform with students. Yet, in carrying out activities related to physical education, teachers feel the need to change and improvisations, and perform reflections, subsequent to these activities. Finally, the teachers perceive a list of activities of Physical Education, with the student's performance in the process of teaching and learning in other areas of knowledge.