Que estratégias utilizar para incrementar a perceção de competência dos alunos nas aulas de Educação Física

Abstract

This school placement report is part of the school placement course unit of the Master's Degree in Physical Education Teaching in Basic and Secondary Education at the Faculty of Sport, University of Porto. It presents and analyses the experience developed throughout the 2024/2025 school year at Escola Básica e Secundária Dr. Ângelo Augusto da Silva, in Funchal. The document critically and reflectively discusses the path undertaken as a trainee teacher, highlighting the personal and professional growth achieved through supervised teaching practice. The teaching practice took place in different educational contexts: a 9th grade regular class, a 10th grade class from the Professional Sports Technician Course, and, occasionally, a 5th grade class from lower secondary education. This diversity provided the opportunity to face different realities and to adapt teaching strategies to students' specific needs. In addition to teaching, the school placement also included participation in departmental meetings, school activities, and projects within the educational community. The report is organised into several dimensions: personal and institutional framework, organisation and management of teaching and learning, including planning, methodologies, and assessment, activities developed within the school community and research. The research dimension focused on the influence of differences in abilities and perceived competence on students' motivation, a topic arising from the experience with the 9th grade resident class. The school placement is concluded to have been a fundamental transitional stage between academic training and professional practice, providing meaningful learning opportunities, the development of pedagogical autonomy, and the strengthening of professional teacher identity