Percursos de um Estudante Estagiário rumo à profissionalização docente

Abstract

In the Professional School Placement (PES), we have the opportunity to confront our knowledge and experience with teaching practice. This is part of the Master's Degree in Physical Education Teaching in Basic and Secondary Education at the Faculty of Sport, University of Porto. Furthermore, it allows the preservice teacher to develop and acquire skills and tools that are essential for their teaching practice. The main purpose of this document is to show how the pedagogical practice of a Preservice Student took place, taking into account all the challenges, strategies, and solutions used, aiming at their development as a teacher. In the personal framework, I will explain what made me fall in love with Physical Education, more specifically, the sports that were important in increasing my interest in this subject (football and swimming), both of which were very important for my personal development. Initially, I will talk briefly about the role of Physical Education in the school curriculum, the importance of the role of a Physical Education teacher, the subject in school, and my view of the subject and the teacher. Next, I will address what happened during the school year, speaking in the 1st term about the tools used in teaching each sport, the students' skill levels, the difficulties encountered during the assessment process, and the respective pedagogical strategies used. In the 2nd term, I will address the constant need for adaptation, the importance of one of the pedagogical models for students' learning, the transfer of knowledge to practice, and the shared class experience. In the 3rd term, I will describe how I stepped out of my comfort zone (class exchange within the internship group) and the difficulty in organising the lessons, taking various factors into account. Finally, I will present my study on students' perspectives regarding the "pedagogical feedback" given by me during swimming lessons, which aims to determine the most appropriate feedback for the students, together with the quality of its delivery.