Body, movement, and outdoor education in pre-school during covid-19: Perceptions of future teachers during university training

Abstract

Teachers play an important role in influencing childrens’ physical activity levels, so it is crucial design the training course for teachers matching the different knowledges essential to be able to teach Physical activity-related training and resources provided to pre-school teachers appears to be very important: if future teachers training includes adequate focus on physical activity they will be better disposed to improve children moving This study aims to detect the opinions of students attending single-cycle master's degree courses in Primary Education in order to calibrate the contents and objectives of the Teaching methods of Physical Education class, through a qualitative survey carried out by submitting specific questionnaires through the Google Modules platform The questionnaire has been submitted to students of Primary Education and it was composed by 28 questions related to: demographic data (1-5), practice of indoor and outdoor physical activity (6-14), safety during the practice of motor activity (15-18), the future practice or possibility of practicing outdoor lessons (19-23), on the psychological impact due to social distancing / closure of gyms (24-26 ) and on the perception of the importance of physical and motor activity during covid-19 (27-28) The data collected on the perception of students with regard to the body and movement field of experience and the adaptations for outdoor practice reveal specific training needs in the context of the teaching methods of physical education and the need to provide training actions also on outdoor movement education University curricula represent an excellent opportunity to provide future teachers with enriched teaching methods of PE training and support, such as physical activity guidelines indoor and outdoor © 2021, Editura Universitatii din Pitesti All rights reserved