"Eu, a Escola e a Educação Física: interações em (re)construção"

Abstract

This professional internship report shows the process of the author's professional internship. It was carried out in the School Network of Valongo, in an internship core composed of four teacher trainees, including the author and two supervisors: the guidance counselor of FADEUP and the cooperating teacher of the school in question. The structure of this report describes the author's experiences as an 11th and 6th grade teacher trainee during the 2021/2022 school year, as well as the respective thoughts, difficulties, feelings and learning experiences he went through during that school year. All this, in the context of real practice, that is, with real situations or cases related to it. The document is divided into three main sections, besides an introduction and a conclusion. These include the Personal Framework with reference to the trainee teacher and the goals for the school year; the Institutional Framework which includes aspects related to the regional and local context; and the Operational Framework, which covers three areas: Organization and Management of Teaching and Learning, School Participation and Community Relations and Professional Development, where a research study is presented. It is a case study in which the binomial (trainee teacher - student with educational needs) was analyzed to understand the influence of swimming on the development of psychosocial skills and swimming techniques in a young man with autism spectrum disorder and reciprocally the influence of this young man on the practice and feelings of his trainee teacher.