Imaginarios sobre actividad física en los docentes de bachillerato del Colegio Tibabuyes Universal I.E.D jornada tarde

Abstract

The present study´s objective is to determine the stereotypical conceptions about physical activity that different educators have at the school Tibabuyes Universal in the afternoon shift. This research is an exploratory and qualitative study, in which eight different educators were the main participants. With this group of teachers a focal group was analysed and they answered a semi-structured interview obtained essential information about the physical activity. The obtained information was analysed in a main category which name is Physical activity, and different subcategories that were previously defined, which allowed the researcher to select the information and obtained the findings. The findings revealed that most of the participants made physical activity not in a very structured way, but activities that produced a caloric consume. The educators have closer concepts about the physical activity, and they clearly difference the physical exercise from the formal sport. Being able to practice a sport from early ages, has determined the practice of a physical activity, however, there are limitations such us time and lack of institutional policies that did not allow them to practice it in a preconceived and structured way.