Corpo, Voz e Ação: O Despertar de uma Prática Docente em Educação Física

Abstract

As a pre-service teacher, I undertook my teaching practicum at Escola Secundária de Barcelos, with the aim of deepening my professional training in the teaching field. I was part of a practicum group consisting of three pre-service teachers, a cooperating teacher from the school's faculty, and a supervising professor from the Faculty of Sport at the University of Porto. The main objective of this report is to share, review, analyse, and reflect on the path followed throughout the practicum - an experience that greatly contributed to the development of my competencies as a future teacher. The practicum year was particularly meaningful, rich in lived experiences within a real teaching environment, which fostered both professional and personal growth. This report is structured into several chapters. The "Introduction" provides the context for the work; "Personal Background" recounts my academic journey leading to the practicum and the expectations I held; the "Institutional Framework" describes the school's characteristics and analyses how these influenced my pedagogical practice. In the "Professional Development" chapter, I present my views on Physical Education, the planning levels applied, the practical implementation of these plans, and discuss aspects such as assessment, self-reflection, lesson observation, the complementary class, and the action-research project I conducted, which involved student interviews to assess their satisfaction with the Sport Education model. The results were largely positive. I also address my engagement in the "School-Community Dimension", highlighting key activities carried out in this area. Lastly, the chapter on "Conclusion and Future Perspectives" offers a reflection on the skills I have developed, presents final considerations regarding the practicum, and outlines my professional aspirations for the future.