A influência da música na motivação nas aulas de Educação Física em Desportos Coletivos e Individuais

Abstract

This report describes the School Placement carried out in the 2nd year of the Master's degree in Physical Education Teaching (PE) in Basic and Secondary Education at the Faculty of Sport of the University of Porto. The Professional Internship was implemented at the Rio Tinto School Grouping between September 2, 2024, and June 13, 2025, as part of the completion of the second cycle of studies in Physical Education Teaching in Basic and Secondary Education. During the internship, the focus was on acquiring important tools to become the future teacher that students would look up to as a role model. This knowledge would be the key to achieving excellence in this teaching career; in addition, developing critical thinking and reflection skills was crucial to my growth. Throughout my journey, I faced the challenge of dealing with some students' lack of interest in my classes. Faced with this difficulty, I sought strategies to make the classes more dynamic, introducing music into the lessons with the aim of promoting greater engagement and motivation. By overcoming this obstacle, I developed a strong connection with the students, and later the classroom environment became harmonious. I acquired communication and class management skills and felt rewarded to see the students becoming involved and discovering the joy of physical activity. The internship was a constant learning process, turning challenges and difficulties into opportunities and learning. A qualitative study was also conducted to assess students' motivation in relation to the PE subject (with or without the presence of music), and also to see whether there are higher levels of motivation in team sports, in this case volleyball, or in individual sports such as badminton. The sample consisted of 22 10th-grade students from ESRT, who were given a questionnaire after each class and later interviewed. The results of this study revealed that, in general, students are motivated, mentioning various positive benefits of practicing PE, and confirming that music also influences their focus and motivation during practice.