Implicações dos projetos de extensão universitária para a formação do professor de Educação Física

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to analyze, from professors and students’ speeches, the existing relations between university extension projects and teacher training of Physical Education teachers. We sought to identify how the teaching staff and the student body comprehend university extension and what is the role of extension projects in the teacher’s education. Therefore, we conducted an exploratory and qualitative research and from the instruments used, it was possible to detect implications in the scholar education. The field research was conducted within the Physical Education Course at the Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri – UFVJM located in the city of Diamantina – MG. Seven extension project coordinators and thirteen students at the end of their course that participated in the projects during graduation carried out the research. For the characterization of interviewed subjects and information gathering, it was administered one questionnaire for each scholar and teacher. The interview’s goal was to understand which connections they make between the extension projects and Physical Education teacher training. For data analysis it was used the Elaboration Technique and Signified Units Analysis suggested by Moreira, Simões e Porto (2005). We noticed that most of the students still don’t fully comprehend the extension’s concept and policies, despite the majority’s deposition that teachers had discussed about university extension throughout the project’s development. We verified that the projects are of vital importance to the Physical Education teacher training by providing close to performance reality and dynamic experience. Studies aimed at university extension and the actions that compose this University area ought to progress alongside the training and performance demands, as the knowledge produced must never remain sterile before the peculiarity involving the training of the Physical Education teacher.