Do projeto de menino à vida profissional docente: reflexão crítica sobre o desenvolvimento profissional na docência em Educação Física

Abstract

The writing of this report falls within the scope of the school placement curricular unit, integrated into the curriculum of the second year of the Master's Degree in Teaching Physical Education in Primary and Secondary Education, taught at the Faculty of Sport of the University of Porto. This internship is a fundamental stage in approaching teaching practice, allowing direct contact with the real context of teaching and with the students' learning processes. The document constitutes a reflective analysis of the path developed by the trainee throughout the 2025/2026 academic year, focusing on the evolution of their supervised pedagogical intervention. Throughout the report, the experiences lived are described and analyzed, as well as the main challenges and facilitating aspects encountered during this period. The structure of the work is organized into five main areas of development, in which the pedagogical strategies adopted and the didacticmethodological options followed throughout the internship are presented. It seeks to demonstrate how the pedagogical practice contributed to promoting student development in Physical Education classes, not only at the level of the motor and cognitive domains, but also regarding the personal and social domains, namely in the development of attitudes, values, and critical thinking skills, essential for their comprehensive education. Additionally, a sixth component is included, dedicated to understanding the students' perception of the different instructional models that were applied throughout the year across the different subjects taught, and their respective impact on the students' self-perception, motivation, and autonomy in the teaching-learning process.