Características y Componentes de las Intervenciones Didácticas que, en la Clase de Educación Física, Promueven Hábitos de Vida Saludable en los Estudiantes de Grado Octavo del Colegio IED VENECIA Jornada de la Mañana

Abstract

Physical inactivity is one of the main factors that trigger problems of health at the global level (WHO, 2008), therefore, the World Health Organization has determined different strategies to combat this situation, likewise the Pan American Health Organization within its program Promoting Schools of Health establishes educational institutions as the central axis in the development of habits of healthy living (PAHO, 2003), within these guidelines, at the IED Venice School developed a descriptive research, with a qualitative approach, based on the action research method in the classroom and through the systematization technique of experiences from which 12 pedagogical units in physical education mediated by the use of extra school time and the use of information and communication technology (ICT) with the aim of promoting habits of healthy living, especially by increasing the amount of physical activity that students performed weekly. Finally, the results show the characteristics and components that these didactic units must have to promote healthy living habits in eighth grade students.