Let Us Play: um proposta de formação continuada virtual para docentes de Educação Física

Abstract

In view of the benefits of physical activity (PA) for the health of schoolchildren and the contribution of school physical education (PE) to foster the practice of PA, we propose the production and implementation of a virtual course - on-line, massive and open (MOOC ), continuing education for PE teachers encompassing the theme of PA and health, PE in professional and technological education (EPT) and the LET US Play (LUP) strategy - a method that aims to maximize PA by modifying traditional games and games from the identification of the presence of primary barriers to the practice of PA. For that, it was necessary to inventory the stricto sensu productions about the continuing education of PE teachers and PE and health; produce the course material from the literature review of the topics covered; organize the virtual teaching and learning environment (AVEA); and test the usability of the proposed course. We conducted an applied research, with a quantitative and qualitative approach. In addition to the bibliographic research, we applied a questionnaire to characterize the course participants (PE teachers from the Instituto Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul - IFMS), called judges, and a questionnaire to analyze the course based on the criticism regarding the organization, content and to the relevance of this. The analyzes were guided by the content analysis and the content validation index (CVI). From the survey of stricto sensu research, we realized that research in the area is incipient. According to the perception of the course participants, the course demonstrates the potential to foster reflection on their professional practices and the importance of encouraging their students to be physically active, in addition to enabling them to apply the LUP principles in their classes, indicating an IVC 0.94 for organization, 0.90 for content and 0.83 for relevance. Thus, we conclude that the proposed MOOC is a tool that can be used as a continuous training action for PE teachers, to maximize PA in PE classes.