Pedagogical-didactic transformation and the teaching of new sports in high school: a report on the experiment

Abstract

The teaching of Sport in the school environment can be accomplished in a way that increases the focus on the technical skills based on the execution of physical exercise, contemplating reflections on socio-cultural aspects. From this understanding comes the experience/proposal that was centered on the teaching of new sports to high school students, with an intervention centered on the conceptual, procedural and attitudinal. The project was carried out in a state High School in the city of Toledo (Parana). A High school group was selected for the development of the proposal, which was characterized by the teaching of badminton, baseball, football, Peteca (a traditional Brazilian sport) and tennis. The group, divided according to arbitrariness or affinities into 5 subgroups, was responsible for the way it chose to research and present its findings. After completing the research, the students presented their results to the entire group. Each group had 3 lessons (2 theory and 1 practical or vice-versa depending on needs). During and after the development of the proposal of intervention, an evaluation of diagnostic took place (through non-structured observation and the writing of an account by the students). A reflection on the experience allowed us to conclude that a pedagogical-didactic transformation is possible in the teaching of sports within the frame of School Physical Education and that the teaching of new sports is important in schools, mostly because it allows a reflection on the relation between sport and its social importance.