Physical education, the teacher and the school: conceptions and pedagogical practices

Abstract

This article is based on a study which investigated how the changes that took place in the Physical Education area have been marking the teacher's conception and pedagogical practice. It is a qualitative research which investigates four Physical Education teachers who were selected based on the following criteria: working with public education in different schools, and having different under-graduation and teaching time from each other. Data were collected by recurrent interviews. This procedure is based on some interview steps followed by data categorization after each interview. The subjects have an active participation by completing, changing and clearing some information and due to interacting with the researcher. The results enable us to identify that changes which took place in the Physical Education area, from the investigated teachers' point of view, have influenced aspects related to initial formation, the schools' working conditions and also how the pedagogical practice is organized, increasing the value for both the area and the teacher.