Open AccessOpinión de docentes y estudiantes sobre las clases de educación física en secundaria
Author(s) -
Mauricio Cristhian Portillo-Torres,
Óscar Hernández-Quesada,
Hannia Quirós-Quirós
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
educare
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 6
ISSN - 1409-4258
DOI - 10.15359/ree.20-2.5
Subject(s) - curriculum , physical education , citizenship , diversity (politics) , focus group , pedagogy , subject (documents) , sociology , humanities , psychology , library science , political science , art , anthropology , politics , computer science , law
This paper reflects the views of teachers and students about the physical education classes in high school, with the aim of describing the most relevant aspects of those lessons from the approach to curriculum reform “Ethics, Aesthetics and Citizenship”. The opinion of teachers and students were collected through eight focus groups in four of the country’s educational regions (Alajuela, Cartago, Pérez Zeledón, Central San José). In all, 38 teachers and 27 students participated; each focus group lasted about an hour. The information collected was digitalized, categorized and analyzed using the program Atlas.ti7. The results show that physical education classes changed in a positive way. This is reflected in the diversity of activities that take place in the classroom. However, teachers and students express concern on how to design, implement and evaluate projects in the subject.