A Educação Física é o Apoio: A Odisseia de um Profissional do Movimento na Escola

Abstract

The Professional Internship (PI), a curricular unit of the second cycle of studies leading to the Master's degree in Physical Education Teaching in Basic and Secondary Education at the Faculty of Sport of the University of Porto (FADEUP), aims at the training of a Physical Education and Sport professional qualified for teaching. This PI report refers to the Teaching Practice as a Student Teacher (TP), supervised by the Cooperating Teacher (CT), which took place over one academic year at Jerónimo Emiliano de Andrade Secondary School (ESJEA), involving the teaching of the subject Physical Education (PE) to one 7th-grade class and another 10th-grade class. The PI was developed within the areas of Teaching and Learning Organization, School Participation, Community Relations, and Research in the School Environment. Everything I write here reflects a year of intense and dedicated work - filled with doubts, uncertainties, reflections, but also conclusions and learnings that will remain for the future and have shaped the individual I am today, somewhat different from who I was at the beginning of this journey. The PI allowed me to put into practice much of the knowledge acquired during the first cycle of studies, as well as the experience I bring as a coach, athlete, and citizen concerned with social issues. My attitude toward what I already considered acquired knowledge was always critical and exploratory, so that I could develop new understanding - not remaining bound to any specific context, but always striving to be adaptable. Although supervised by the Cooperating Teacher (CT) at ESJEA and the Supervising Professor (SP) at FADEUP, it was undoubtedly an experience that greatly challenged and developed my autonomy and sense of responsibility.