Physical, playful and sports practices at 1st cycle school-(de)constructing realities from training moments

Abstract

For a child’s complete education, it is extremely important that the 1st cycle of basic education creates varied learning opportunities aimed at developing skills and acquiring “key” skills. The areas of physical practice - play and sports - are essential for early ages, ensuring that children can enhance their physical- motor, emotional, cognitive and social development. In the school playground, in Physical Education class, in extracurricular activities and Sports Schools, moments that often result from existing partnerships with Local Clubs and Sports Associations, we will see the child acquiring and developing a repertoire of movement(s) with meaning for future practice to be carried out throughout life. Throughout the scientific and pedagogical training of educators/teachers, we seek to recover practices that take place in public schools in a region, as a result of educational and sports policies in recent years. In this qualitative study, our objective is to understand the investment that is made within the school community – training, cooperation, evaluation, promotional strategies and reinforcement of resources aimed at physical, recreational and sporting practices, taking into account the most recent educational needs. It should be noted that the fight against the lack of daily physical activity and growing motor illiteracy, the result of constraints such as excessive sedentary lifestyle, dependence on screens and overeating, is currently increasing the constraints
caused by the pandemic period. This descriptive and interpretative study will be based on narratives from professionals, the result of their observation in an educational context carried out by a group of interns placed at the school. We sought to analyze the observations and reflections presented in small empirical studies, carried out during the initial training of educators and teachers, comparing them with normative and legislative documents. From this analysis, we consolidated the perception that the Physical, Playful and Sports Practices offered in 1st Cycle Schools in this region had a very favorable impact on the lives of individuals and educators (professionals and families) legitimizing this commitment to strengthening the education of your children.