Frequência das temáticas em saúde na prática pedagógica de professores de educação física escolar de um município do estado de Alagoas durante a pandemia do COVID-19

Abstract

In November 2019, a new virus appears in Asia causing respiratory problems to those infected, it quickly spread to all continents causing a pandemic, social isolation was a measure adopted in order to contain the spread of the same, the closing of shops and schools. it was a consequence of the quarantine, so the teaching networks adhered to non-face-to-face teaching. The study aims to evaluate the frequency of health-related content in the classes of Physical Education teachers of the municipal education network of Marechal Deodoro / Alagoas during the covid-19 pandemic. The present study is a quantitative, descriptive, exploratory, cross-sectional study. The sample consisted of 5 teachers from the municipal school system in the municipality of Marechal Deodoro/AL, who worked in basic education in the year 2020. To obtain the data, an unvalidated mixed questionnaire was used with scales evaluating the indicators of the presence of the themes in health in the pedagogical practice of the analyzed teachers. Data were expressed in descriptive statistics based on relative frequency. The dimension with themes most present in the Physical Education classes of the analyzed teachers was: physical activity and the one with less frequency was Society and Nature. It is concluded that health topics in Physical Education classes were still infrequent during the COVID-19 pandemic, demonstrating a need for municipal policy for teacher improvement, greater appropriation by teachers of crosscutting themes and a modification of the look on health of these professionals beyond the physical dimension.