THE CONTRIBUTION OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION TO THE TRAINING OF PHYSICALLY EDUCATED INDIVIDUALS: A PORTUGUESE PERSPECTIVE

Authors

  • Elsa Maria Ferro Ribeiro-Silva Universidade de Coimbra (Portugal) - Faculdade de Ciências do Desporto e Educação Física (FCDEF) Centro de Investigação do Desporto e da Atividade Física http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3688-2960
  • Luís Marcelo Valenzuela Contreras Universidad Católica Silva Henríquez. Escuela de Educación en Ciencias del Movimiento y Deportes. Santiago, Chile. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0173-3559
  • Nuno Serra Pacheco Mendes Universidade de Coimbra. Faculdade de Ciências do Desporto e Educação Física. Porto, Portugal. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0518-3702

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22456/1982-8918.94574

Keywords:

Learning. Physical Education. Professional practice. Exercise

Abstract

This study was carried out with 150 male students at the end of their mandatory education and with candidates to a degree in Sports Science and Physical Education. It aims to understand if Physical Education contributed to the education of physically educated individuals. We followed a quantitative methodology and administered a three-part questionnaire: close-ended questions for the sociodemographic characterization of the sample; close-ended questions on participants’ understanding of the purposes of Physical Education; true-or-false questions on fundamental contents for an autonomous practice of physical activity, which are included in the National Curricula of Physical Education for secondary school. The results reveal individuals’ weak knowledge of motor skills development, effects of physical exercise, safety procedures, and body composition and functioning, which is not in accordance with National Curricula. 

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Author Biographies

Elsa Maria Ferro Ribeiro-Silva, Universidade de Coimbra (Portugal) - Faculdade de Ciências do Desporto e Educação Física (FCDEF) Centro de Investigação do Desporto e da Atividade Física

Doutorada em Ciências da Educação Física na especialização de Supervisão Pedagógica e Formação de Professores, pela FCDEF da Universidade de Coimbra (UC).

Coordenadora dos Estágios Pedagógicos do Mestrado em Ensino da Educação Física nos Ensinos Básico e Secundário da FCDEF-UC

Docente de Didáctica da Educação Física, Desenvolvimento Curricular e Avaliação em Educação Física no referido mestrado.

Luís Marcelo Valenzuela Contreras, Universidad Católica Silva Henríquez. Escuela de Educación en Ciencias del Movimiento y Deportes. Santiago, Chile.

Diretor da Escuela de Educación en Ciencias del Movimiento y Deportes de la Universidad Católica Silva Henríquez.

Published

2020-06-27

How to Cite

RIBEIRO-SILVA, E. M. F.; VALENZUELA CONTRERAS, L. M.; PACHECO MENDES, N. S. THE CONTRIBUTION OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION TO THE TRAINING OF PHYSICALLY EDUCATED INDIVIDUALS: A PORTUGUESE PERSPECTIVE. Movimento, [S. l.], v. 26, p. e26047, 2020. DOI: 10.22456/1982-8918.94574. Disponível em: https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/Movimento/article/view/94574. Acesso em: 23 apr. 2025.

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