Atletismo no ensino médio baseado no ensino desenvolvimental

The theory of developmental teaching by Russian educational psychologists who followed Vygotsky, especially Vasili V. Davydov, has gained greater attention from researchers and teachers in the practical field because it has a consolidated theoretical basis, which contributes to the development of theoretical thinking in different components. curricula and teaching levels. The problem of this research is to know how developmental teaching contributes to the development of theoretical thinking in high school students based on athletics as a content of body culture. The study aims to analyze the results of a didactic experiment with students in a Physical Education teaching unit in high school based on the theory of developmental teaching, with athletics as content and from there develop an educational product that represents the context of specific teaching and its generalization possibilities based on teaching actions based on this theory. This is a didactic-formative experiment, with a qualitative approach, of a descriptive type that acts at the same time as a method of investigation and experimental teaching. The study was developed with 30 participants, students from a high school class who attend Physical Education classes at the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Piauí – IFPI, at the Valença do Piauí Campus, aged between 14 and 17 years old. The students participated in a didactic experiment with athletics as content, using the precepts of the study activity theory, based on problem solving, to fulfill the study tasks, through determined actions, recommended by Davydov (1988) during the 8 classes. Data were also collected through the application of a diagnostic questionnaire, notes made in a field diary and the transcription of semi-structured interviews. The results demonstrate evidence of theoretical thinking in the formation of athletics concepts and advances towards the practice of conscious body movements, suggesting Davydov's developmental teaching as a theoretical methodological ...