Aptidão física relacionada à saúde de escolares dos anos iniciais do município de Dois Irmãos das Missões/RS

Abstract

The study aimed to determine possible differences in levels of physical fitness and health, at the end of the early years in school who participate in physical education classes taught by a qualified professional (public schools) and students who attended classes taught by a teacher unidocente (state school) in the city of Dois Irmãos das Missões/RS. The sample consisted of 23 students between 10 and 13 years old the fifth year of both school systems. We evaluated body composition (BMI), cardiorespiratory endurance (running/walking 6 minutes), muscular endurance (abdominal in 1 minute) and flexibility (sit and reach). The results showed that students belonging to municipal school system have statistically superior satisfactory results in all physical fitness assessments, but, on the other hand, students belonging to state schools, have unsatisfactory results in all physical fitness assessments, except in the abdominal test in 1 minute, where both school systems had the same percentage of unsatisfactory results and in the sit and reach test, where the municipal system had a higher percentage of unsatisfactory result, even with the best results in this test. Overall, it is concluded that despite the unidocentes teachers have the legal and financial incentives support to teach the classes of Physical Education in the early years, the unsatisfactory results in almost all tests, as well as, the best results of students from municipal, point out the importance of the work of a professional specialist.