THE PANDEMIC IN THE TEACHING: THE PERCEPTION OF ELEMENTARY PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHERS
COVID-19; School Physical Education; Remote teaching; Educational impacts.
The world was unexpectedly impacted by the emergence of the coronavirus pandemic -SARS-CoV-2 -, which brought COVID-19 to the reality of all sectors of human life, in the educational field it was no different. With the replacement of face-to-face classes for classes in digital media and considering some specificities of physical education teaching practice, the present study sought to analyze the impacts of the pandemic on physical education teaching practices in Alagoas. This is a descriptive, exploratory and qualitative research, based on the answers provided by 16 physical education teachers who work in elementary schools in Alagoas, collected through an online questionnaire, consisting of 35 questions. These data were analyzed in the light of the literature, relating them to the theoretical aspects necessary for their understanding. In addition to being presented in an adaptation of the content analysis developed by Bardin (2010), whose development dismembers the data into categories. The research revealed that the necessary adaptations made during the pandemic went far beyond just adaptations in their home environments, teachers underwent a significant restructuring of their work routines. Some positive aspects can be mentioned, however, the difficulties reported by the educators were many. And despite efforts to do an effective job, remote classes do not have a significant impact on student learning, as a result of insufficient family involvement, and give minimal adherence to both remote classes and teacher-student interaction when present.