2025
Current Teaching Themes in Physical Education and Sport School
Name: Current Teaching Themes in Physical Education and Sport School
Code: PED14735M
6 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/156 hours
Scientific Area:
Education Sciences
Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese
Regime de Frequência: Presencial
Sustainable Development Goals
Learning Goals
1. Understand the importance of research on the teaching practice in the innovation of educational practices
2. Knowing the school sport (SS) while activity of curricular complement, understanding their integration into the school and its relations with society
3. Knowing the values of sports ethics understanding their importance in the educational and social context and how to promote them through PE and SS.
4. Understand the importance and the role of PE and SS in Education for Health
5. Understand the principles of inclusive education being able to identify obstacles, factors and some teaching strategies to promote inclusion in PE and SS
6. Become aware of gender issues in the area of physical activity and sports reflecting about their pedagogical and educational implications and be able to identify and to use some strategies for promoting gender equity.
7. Explore the connections of Physical Education with learning in other curricular areas.
2. Knowing the school sport (SS) while activity of curricular complement, understanding their integration into the school and its relations with society
3. Knowing the values of sports ethics understanding their importance in the educational and social context and how to promote them through PE and SS.
4. Understand the importance and the role of PE and SS in Education for Health
5. Understand the principles of inclusive education being able to identify obstacles, factors and some teaching strategies to promote inclusion in PE and SS
6. Become aware of gender issues in the area of physical activity and sports reflecting about their pedagogical and educational implications and be able to identify and to use some strategies for promoting gender equity.
7. Explore the connections of Physical Education with learning in other curricular areas.
Contents
1.The research and pedagogical innovation in EF
The pedagogical and educational significance of the teacher-researcher
The methodology of action research in educational practices
2.School Sports (SS) as an curricular complement activity
The SS project, the curricular project of PE and the educational project of school
The interactions between PE,SS and sports in society
3.Sports Ethics and Education
The values of sport ethics and their promotion in PE and SS
4.PE and Education for Health
Active lifestyles and health
The role of PE and SS in Health Education
5.Inclusion in PE and School Sports
The concept of inclusion
Obstacles and factors promoting inclusion
Inclusion strategies in PE classes and SS
6.Gender issues in PE and SS
The construction of gender in physical activity
Pedagogical and educational implications
Strategies for promoting gender equity in PE
7 The connections of learning in PE with learning in other curricular areas.
8. another determined by the formative needs
The pedagogical and educational significance of the teacher-researcher
The methodology of action research in educational practices
2.School Sports (SS) as an curricular complement activity
The SS project, the curricular project of PE and the educational project of school
The interactions between PE,SS and sports in society
3.Sports Ethics and Education
The values of sport ethics and their promotion in PE and SS
4.PE and Education for Health
Active lifestyles and health
The role of PE and SS in Health Education
5.Inclusion in PE and School Sports
The concept of inclusion
Obstacles and factors promoting inclusion
Inclusion strategies in PE classes and SS
6.Gender issues in PE and SS
The construction of gender in physical activity
Pedagogical and educational implications
Strategies for promoting gender equity in PE
7 The connections of learning in PE with learning in other curricular areas.
8. another determined by the formative needs
Teaching Methods
Classes have a weekly session of 180 min in the typology of seminar. Thus, the classes are intended to organize the work of students in the study of a theme or a set of related topics, so that they can obtain a deeper knowledge of these topics through research, documentary research, observation and participated debate.
Guest lecturers, specialists in these themes, are expected to participate in the approach to the various themes.
Guest lecturers, specialists in these themes, are expected to participate in the approach to the various themes.
Assessment
In the continuous evaluation regime (the recommended regime) the evaluation will focus on two components:
T1 (30%) Individual: Synthesis/Critical report on two of the themes addressed
T2 (70%) Group work: Development of one of the themes or related themes, with research and analysis of research carried out in the educational context, reflecting on the pedagogical implications that the results of these studies may produce for the development and / or innovation of professional practice of PE teachers. This work will be presented and discussed in class
In the system of final assessment:
T1 (60%) Written assessment test
T2 (40%) Individual: Development of one of the themes or a related theme, with research and analysis of research carried out in an educational context, reflecting on the pedagogical implications that the results of these studies may produce for the development and / or innovation of professional practice of teacher of PE
Approval with a final mark of at least 10 val.
T1 (30%) Individual: Synthesis/Critical report on two of the themes addressed
T2 (70%) Group work: Development of one of the themes or related themes, with research and analysis of research carried out in the educational context, reflecting on the pedagogical implications that the results of these studies may produce for the development and / or innovation of professional practice of PE teachers. This work will be presented and discussed in class
In the system of final assessment:
T1 (60%) Written assessment test
T2 (40%) Individual: Development of one of the themes or a related theme, with research and analysis of research carried out in an educational context, reflecting on the pedagogical implications that the results of these studies may produce for the development and / or innovation of professional practice of teacher of PE
Approval with a final mark of at least 10 val.
Teaching Staff
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