Open AccessTeaching online Physical Education during social distancing using Google Sites
Author(s) -
Carlos Kucera,
Ana Lisa do Vale Gomes,
Alan Ovens,
Blake Bennett
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
movimento
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.264
H-Index - 14
eISSN - 1982-8918
pISSN - 0104-754X
DOI - 10.22456/1982-8918.122688
Subject(s) - praxis , online teaching , distancing , social distance , thematic analysis , mathematics education , pedagogy , sociology , psychology , reflection (computer programming) , covid-19 , physical education , qualitative research , computer science , political science , social science , medicine , disease , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , law , programming language
Covid-19 has resulted in the implementation of social distancing measures and school closures worldwide. This study explores some of the impacts, such as pedagogies, teaching strategies, reflections, and barriers of the teacher as he suddenly moved to an online teaching environment and taught PE lessons with the use of technology (Google Sites). A self-study methodology with thematic analysis was used to investigate the lead author’s experiences. Findings and discussions highlight how the teacher had to find new forms of teaching online, ways of making the students not be exclusively in front of the screen, and simultaneously be concordant with the social and dynamic characteristics of PE. Ultimately, the experiences and the process of reflection demonstrated the need to be coherent with teaching beliefs, assumptions, theoretical approaches and practices as a teacher. This article foregrounds and contributes to future ways of teaching PE online by understanding one teacher’s praxis.