THE USE OF EXERGAMES AS TEACHING METHOD IN MOTOR ACTIVITIES

Abstract

Nowadays video games and IT are main sources of information and spending free time for more and more adolescents creating dependence and being highlighted as a risk factor regarding physical inactivity and obesity. New trends and research found a way to change 180 degrees the negative view of sedentary video games and mixt up video games with sports activities and developed “the exergames” a new way to practice sports exercises through video projections and video games. Our study purpose was to analyze the opinions and perceptions of Romanian Physical Education teachers about the new ways of practice sports activities with “the exergames”, the reasons for using this method, the benefits, and obstacles. The research had as experiment sample 58 Romanian Physical Education teachers with different ages, gender, and experience, the method of research used for this experiment was the questionnaire with closed and open questions. The results of the questionnaire showed that the majority of Romanian Physical Education teachers don’t know about video games involved in sports activities but are open minded regarding new ways of teaching, the reasons for the pro-attitude for introducing these ways involve: they encourage youth to practice sports doing what they like and generating joy with different kind of exercises. Conclusions of our study highlighted the need for rethinking the ways of teaching Physical Education and Sports activities in Romanian educational system, innovating and be open minded.

Keywords

• electronic devices
• computer sports games
• sports training
• physical education