Uma viagem inesperada pela ambição de ser docente

Abstract

"An unexpected journey driven by the ambition to become a Physical Education Teacher" is the title of this document, created by a pre-service teacher - me - that recounts the journey experienced from a personal development to the completion of a new stage of training in the teaching profession. The context in which this journey took place was in a secondary school in Vila Nova de Gaia, where I taught a class of 11th-grade students, as well as in a primary school with a class of sixth-grade students. This document draws on a metaphor from the great British author of well-known works "the Lord of the Rings", The Hobbit" and the "Silmarillion", J.R.R Tolkien, taking the reader on a journey through the challenges faced, lessons learned, and solutions found during the school year dedicated to professional training. These lessons range from older teaching models to more recent ones, utilizing various strategies from them, and include the evolution from a teacher-centered role to a student-centered one, where students are expected to be active in their own learning, engaging in reflection and self-assessment to achieve their goals. To experience research in a teaching context, this journey includes a study focused on the assessment of Team Sports within the subject of Physical Evaluation, aiming to present some proposed instruments that can facilitate the evaluation process. This journey has been impactful in shaping my understanding of the discipline, where I developed the necessary skills to perform the teaching role more effectively in the future.