Academic training of generalist teachers in ‘teaching methods of physical activity’: Perceptions of students enrolled in Primary Education undergraduate degrees

Abstract

Teachers’ training is an arduous issue that cross with the school "reformism" and which is structured into further levels of complexity when we consider the level of education and the specific branch of knowledge. In relation to the recent legislative provision that introduces the specialist physical education (PE) teacher in primary school, we focused the attention on perceptions that students of degree courses in Primary Education have about the teaching methods of physical activities, as a characterizing formative activity which should specifically train to the teaching of PE and in the field of experience of the body and movement, but more generally it should promote a culture of corporeality aimed at permeating teaching in the primary segment of education, generating experiential teaching / learning processes that enhance bodily potential of the students for the broader achievement of the learning goals and the development of competences.

Keywords

• Physical Education
• Primary School
• Core Curriculum
• Syllabus