DISTANCE TEACHING AND SCHOOL PHYSICAL EDUCATION: ASPECTS OF TEACHING TRAINING FROM A CASE STUDY

ASPECTS OF TEACHING TRAINING FROM A CASE STUDY

Abstract

More and more different training processes, at all levels of education, are happening through technological tools, scenarios that also impact practices in School Physical Education, an area of ​​health historically thought based on face-to-face body practices. Therefore, the objective of the present study, which is part of a larger research, is to answer the question about how the training of teachers for the discipline of Physical Education in the format of Distance Education-Distance Learning is taking place, based on Distance Learning Universities from western Paraná. To this end, based on a review of authors on Distance Education in Brazil and in the world, the importance of technologies for the methodologies of this modality and the characteristics of School Physical Education in virtual learning, a case study with 24 Academic Physical Education students from the western region of Paraná, who answered questionnaires applied through google forms. Some important conclusions are related to the fact that EAD brings positive points and possibilities for academics: flexibility of time, space and accessible prices, which contributes to the increase of university students and the democratization of education. However, the distance learning methodology is dependent on technological resources, which calls for new attitudes from academics. Finally, the face-to-face internship in School Physical Education is changing, migrating to other possibilities, also based on technologies, which are giving a new meaning to Education and also teacher training.