A viagem de um Professor Estagiário na busca de um objetivo há muito desejado: Ser professor de Educação Física

Abstract

This internship report was made following the professional internship, which is component of the master's degree in Teaching Physical Education in Primary and Secondary Education, at Faculty of Sport, University of Porto. This internship comprises two components: the Supervised Teaching Practice that enables the preservice teacher to achieve the essence of the teaching-learning process in a real teaching environment during one academic year; and the Internship Report that considers four dimensions (personal, institutional, professional practice and investigative practice). Thus, this paper reports on the wide range of experiences that have shaped the professional identity of the teacher. The main purpose was the transmission of solid knowledge for the holistic development of each student, as well as the promotion of genuine and relevant experiences to enrich the taste for sports practice, always enhanced by a pleasant and favourable environment for learning, and a modus operandi based on student-centred models. Profes-sional development happened progressively, with improvements at each term in order to address the problems faced, supported by the introduction of interesting and innovative strategies. Following on from this, in the 1st term, the strategies implemented by the teacher to overcome the adversities caused by the pandemic and the difficulties shown at the instructional level stand out. In the 2nd term, there is a maturing in the attitude as a teacher and a development in the class-room management and in the classroom environment with student-centred meth-ods. In the 3rd term, the student's participation in the teaching-learning process continued. In the end, a study analysing the Specialised Content Knowledge (SCK) index among the three classes of three preservice teachers in a volleyball teaching unit was carried out.