What I Learned as a Physical Educator

All professions foster an identity among practitioners. Physical education is no different. How this identify influences and is expressed throughout one’s life and lifestyle is a topic not seen in our literature. In this essay, I provide a perspective for those entering as well as those engaged in the profession to reflect on the scope of being a physical educator. I’ll start with my beginning in the profession.

Health management and user protection: an analysis of gamification elements in applications for pregnant women

The objective of the present study is to analyze applications classified in the health category and to identify how they manipulate the evaluation, prescription and management of the physical activity of the users. The exponential growth of interactive technologies brings a differentiated look when the use of services present in mobile devices installed in smartphones as software for the most diverse activities. The health area has been presenting as a promising sector. This is a descriptive research with a qualitative approach using case study method. The considerations point to the difficulty in evaluating the applications directed to the management of physical activities mainly regarding the evaluation of users. There is also a gap regarding the legal authorization of the profession in the case of the physical educator. Another point raised here is about shared responsibility theme linked to the understanding of user protection that use these types of services.

Logical Model of a Program to Combat Child and Adolescent Obesity in Supplementary Health

Actions to combat obesity in childhood and adolescence in the context of supplementary health are necessary and there is a scarcity in the literature of intervention models that address this theme. The aim of this study was to describe the intervention and the model of a program to combat obesity, by a health care operator. The Espaço MultiDiversão program is a modality offered by the Agros Service of Physical Activity and Health (Espaço Movimento), a partnership between the Federal University of Viçosa - Campus Florestal (UFV-CAF) and your health plan operator, which aims to serve the beneficiaries of 6 to 15 years of age residing in Florestal-MG. This program is developed in Florestal, Minas Gerais, Brazil, at UFV-CAF. The data presented in this study refer to the first class selected in September 2017. The interested are subject to physical evaluation and medical evaluation. The intervention happens under the coordination of a physical educator, and has a multiprofessional approach of the physical education, nutrition and psychology. In this logical model highlights the partnership of public and private institutions, which enabled the necessary resources for this intervention, and data are presented that justify the investment in programs in primary care.

Examining Marginality, Isolation, and Emotions and Their Relationship With Physical Educator Intrapersonal Job Beliefs

Purpose: Marginality and isolation have been found to negatively impact physical educators. Despite a significant body of research, few studies have included important personal attributes like teacher emotions. The purpose of this study was to examine relationships of teacher marginality, isolation, and emotions (enjoyment, anger, and anxiety) with intrapersonal job beliefs (turnover intention, perceived accomplishment, and organizational commitment). Methods: Physical educators (N = 227; 51% female) from the United States participated in the study. Results: Experienced teachers reported higher enjoyment, those with less experience reported more anger, and teachers in urban and secondary schools reported higher turnover intention. Hierarchical regression showed emotions add significant variance in relationships with job beliefs, and the interaction between marginality and emotions may help explain teacher perceptions and agency. Discussion/Conclusion: Marginality and teacher emotions, together, impact teacher well-being and job beliefs. Emotions warrant further investigation and may provide mechanisms to understand reactions to marginality and coping.

Ensuring a Quality Physical Education Teacher

Children are living more sedentary lifestyles today than ever before in America. Physical education teachers need to be our leaders for change by promoting the importance of maintaining a healthy body and mind in today’s youth and promoting life-long physically activity. This article helps to shape the mind of a physical educator and gives them a “don’t” list to make sure are not happening in their classes, if they want students to have a positive PE experience and potentially go on to be life-long physically active learners. From not letting the students pick their own teams to not playing games that eliminate them from competition, the role that the PE teacher plays in shaping students life-long beliefs about the joy of exercise is substantial.

Profile of hypertensive and / or diabetic patients of a Basic Health Unit in Maranhão, Brazil

Objective: to know the profile of hypertensive and / or diabetic patients treated at a basic health unit in Maranhão. Method: This is a descriptive, retrospective study with a quantitative approach, performed in April 2018, with data from medical records of 137 patients enrolled in the HIPERDIA program. Data were collected through a structured script and tabulated using the SPSS SamplePower Software. Results: in the researched unit there were 195 registered patients, hypertensive and / or diabetic. A higher number of female hypertensive and / or diabetic patients was observed, with a higher prevalence of these pathologies in individuals between 60 and 69 years, followed by those aged between 50 and 59. The predominant weight among participants was between 60 and 69kg. The main blood pressure values ​​found were <120/80 (45.99%) and with 140-159 / 90-99 (22.63%). Conclusion: weight gain is related to older age and it would be interesting to follow a nutritionist and a physical educator within the multiprofessional team in the basic health units, since both pathologies need weight control so that the rates remain stable. When prescribing medications, attention should be paid to protocols regarding the risks of drug interaction that exist among some antihypertensives.

Projeto Pádel Cidadão: possibilidades no processo formativo de acadêmicos de educação física e aprendizagem para alunos da educação básica

INTRODUÇÃO: O Pádel é um esporte de raquete que, no Brasil, começou a ser difundido pelo Sul, trazido por argentinos e uruguaios no final da década de 80. Ele faz parte da cultura corporal, entretanto pouco presente na formação inicial dos acadêmicos e como conteúdo das aulas de Educação Física.OBJETIVO: Relatar a experiência do Projeto Pádel Cidadão, que tem com objetivos proporcionar o conhecimento e a vivência da modalidade esportiva de Pádel aos acadêmicos do curso de Educação Física - Licenciatura da Universidade Federal do Pampa e oportunizar a vivência do Pádel a estudantes do ensino fundamental da rede pública do município de Uruguaiana (RS). MÉTODOS: Estabelecemos parceria entre a Unipampa e um complexo esportivo de Pádel do município de Uruguaiana, que emprestou as quadras duas vezes na semana, visto que o Pádel requer espaço e materiais específicos. O projeto foi desenvolvido no período de julho a dezembro de 2019 e dividido em duas ações: 1. Encontros semanais com discentes do curso de Educação Física; 2. Encontros semanais com estudantes da rede pública de ensino de Uruguaiana. Participaram 10 estudantes de Educação Física, 2 Técnicos Administrativos, 2 docentes e 19 alunos do 5º ano do ensino fundamental.RESULTADOS: Identificamos que os estudantes envolvidos permaneceram motivados e demonstraram interesse pela vivência do Pádel. A partir dessa experiência, os graduandos puderam refletir sobre formas de sistematização e metodologias possíveis para o seu desenvolvimento em diferentes âmbitos de atuação profissional. Também, os alunos do ensino fundamental tiveram a oportunidade de vivenciar uma modalidade pouco explorada nas aulas de Educação Física e que poucos teriam acesso.CONCLUSÃO: O projeto Pádel Cidadão tornou-se espaço/tempo de formação profissional para além da grade curricular, articulando o labor intelectual, motor, manual e vivências. Além disso, há grande interesse das crianças em aprender novos esportes com raquete.ABSTRACT. Citizen Paddle Project: prividing an experience with racket sport to students from physical education course and elementary public school.BACKGROUND: Paddle is sport, which use a racket to play. This physical entertainment spread in South America, mainly in Argentina and Uruguay, in the last decade of 1980. Even though it is a contemporaneous sport in their culture, it does not be included in the academic curriculum of the physical education course.OBJECTIVE: Contextualizing this situation and overcoming the lack in the academy program of paddle education, this work had the aim to notify the impact of Citizen Paddle Project experience during physical education classes on Federal University of Pampa. This project provided not only the knowledge and familiarity with paddle in the academic environment, but also the opportunity of students from the elementary public education of Uruguaiana city to practice this sport.METHODS: The courts were provided by the Engenho Paddle Sport Center twice a week during July to December of 2019. The project consisted in the weekly meeting with students of the Physical Education course at the University; and separately, with students of elementary public school. The project involved students from Physical Education course (10), and 5th grade of elementary school (19); administrative technicians (2); and professors (2). RESULTS: It was possible to observe the interest and motivation of students during the paddle project. Through this experience, the academic students could reflect on the new systematization and methodologies that could facilitate the application of paddle education in their professional area. In addition, the elementary school students had the opportunity to experience this modality, which is still unexplored in their physical education classes.CONCLUSION: Citizen Paddle Project impacted greatly both academic and elementary students. It created an environment with new possibilities in the professional qualification of physical educator. Moreover, it was improved the intellectual and motor skills of students by the development of paddle abilities.Citizen Paddle Project: prividing an experience with racket sport to students from physical education course and elementary public school

The Effects of Ecologically Valid Intervention Strategies on the Locomotor Skills of Children With Visual Impairments

Children with visual impairments often exhibit difficulties with locomotor skills (e.g., the ability to move one’s body from one place to another), warranting the need for ecologically valid interventions with conditions that attempt to match the real world in a variety of settings. Parents and physical education teachers are the ones choosing to provide movement opportunities for children with visual impairments and must be included in any ecologically valid intervention strategy. This was a descriptive-analytic study. To support the greatest diversity in settings, the authors recruited 94 participants (blind = 44 and low vision = 50; Mage = 13.01 years, SD = 3.26) from schools for the deaf and blind in the United States (teacher led, n = 17) or Latvia (teacher led, n = 57), through an online LISTSERV throughout the United States (parent led, n = 10), and a control subgroup (n = 10). At the pretest, no participant’s motor development met age expectations. Children with visual impairments from multiple locations and cultures significantly improved compared with controls who did not. Results were most favorable when the physical educator was the interventionist. However, further research is needed to replicate these findings.