Programa Residência Pedagógica: aptidão física relacionada a saúde de escolares

Abstract

To assess the physical fitness of students has been an important tool for Physical Education teachers, as attributing healthy habits to regular physical activity in the routine of students brings benefits in combating changes caused by health risk behaviors. This study aimed to characterize, verify and analyze possible changes in the levels of physical fitness of students in a public school, during the intervention of the Pedagogical Residency Program. In the first consisted of 140 students aged between 6 and 11 years of both genders and participants of the Pedagogical Residency Program CAPES/UFAL. In a second moment, there was a reduction in the number of students and the sample consisted of 91 students of both sexes. The instrument used was the PROESP-BR test and evaluation manual (Projeto Esporte Brasil) related to health. The results showed students characterized in the healthy zone in most of the variables, except for the variables of abdominal muscle resistance and cardiorespiratory resistance. When the effect over time was analyzed, an increase in the variable means of abdominal muscle resistance and Body Mass Index was observed in both genders, a decrease in the variable of cardiorespiratory fitness was also observed in both genders, whereas the variables flexibility and metabolic risk did not showed changes, the BMI showed a significant change (p = 0.001) over time, regardless of gender, being characterized as a healthy zone, but this result may be linked to the fact of the decrease in the sample number in the second stage of the research. We conclude that the values obtained in the study may be related to the frequency of practice time and intensity performed in the Pedagogical Residency Program, demonstrating the need for special attention from the school regarding the benefits of regular physical activity not only during education classes Physics, as well as all disciplines in multidisciplinary work. The PRP in the practice of Physical Education, brings possibilities for improvements in the Physical Fitness of the students, as it provides, in addition to regular classes, the opportunity to work in the classroom with various aspects of the movement body culture, giving the opportunity for the diversity of activity practices that the student will to pretend.