O Projeto Paradesporto da SMED/Pelotas como uma oportunidade de formação continuada na prática docente dos professores de Educação Física: desafios da inclusão

Abstract

The Parasports Project is developed at the municipal education and sports department of the city of Pelotas (SMED) with the aim of promoting parasports in the municipality through actions such as teacher training and paraschool games and with the aim of promoting parasports in the municipality. The city of Pelotas currently has a large number of students with intellectual, visual, physical, auditory disabilities and autism spectrum disorders included in the municipal education network. The study aimed to understand the contribution of the SMED Pelotas Parasports Project to the continued training and pedagogical practice of Physical Education teachers. This investigation followed the assumptions of qualitative research and the research subjects were made up of physical education teachers from the municipal education network who participated in the actions of the Paradesporto project, who were selected based on the documentary analysis of training reports and para-school games provided by Paradesporto. through SMED and for data collection, a mixed questionnaire and a semi-structured interview were used as instruments, which were later transcribed and analyzed through content analysis. The results showed that the majority of teachers in the study contributed to their pedagogical practice through the actions of the Paradesporto project with the inclusion of parasports modalities in physical education classes, but there is still a demand for training within the theme and seen in the actions of the parasports project. in relation to training and workshops in strategic planning to approach teachers and students with disabilities, an ideal way to encourage parasports activities in their teaching practice.