O papel do professor de educação física na primeira fase do ensino fundamental

Abstract

The classes offered in the first phase of elementary school are taught by pedagogy professionals, who teach all basic disciplines, including Physical Education classes. Therefore, the present study aimed to highlight the importance of the role of Physical Education teacher in the first phase of elementary school. Therefore, an exploratory field research was conducted with the application of an interview containing 7 discursive questions to physical education teachers who work in the first phase of elementary school in public schools in the city of Abadia de Goiás-Go. The results showed that the interviewees agreed that Physical Education classes have specific objectives that will only be achieved with a class conducted by a qualified professional. Therefore, it was evidenced that the Physical Education professional is the most qualified to teach these classes, due to their training, characteristics of the discipline and specific objectives of Physical Education.