Gymnastics education of Itatiba/SP: back to school

Abstract

Studies from the last 25 years, has presented a significant decrease in Gymnastics approach in Physical Education (PE) classes at regular school. Searching for updated diagnoses, this research analyzed the teaching of gymnastics in schools of Itatiba-SP in order to understand the difficulties and the pedagogical strategies applied. The data have been collected by a semi-structured questionnaire answered by 40 PE teachers (73% of total) of county schools, as well as state and private schools of this area . The results revealed that the majority of the professionals teach gymnastics by adapting materials and spaces. Educators who do not include gymnastics in their classes reported not feeling well prepared to teach by not having enough education. This research shows an opposite trend to those being pointed out by the literature, and for so, suggest the need of continuing education and didactic support for the teachers.

Keywords

• ginástica
• educação continuada
• docentes