Physical education in early childhood education: analysis of a programme application and study of children involvement from the Ferre Leavers scale / Educação física na educação infantil: análise da aplicação de um programa e estudo sobre o envolvimento das crianças a partir da escala de Ferre Leavers

Kelly Zoppei Flores

The main aims of this research are: to discuss the conception that five years old children have about what Physical Education is when a program about it is offered to them, and the way this conception changes after the program, as well as investigate and discuss the students´ involvement in activities proposed by the Physical Education program which is the base of this study. One of the groups, composed by 25 five years old children from a municipal São Paulo City puerile school, had 32 fifty minutes Physical Education classes twice a week. This group was interviewed at the beginning and at the end of the program and the aim of this interview was to evaluate the conception they previously had about what Physical Education is. The interview was interpreted in the light of content analysis methodology (TRIVINOS, 1987). The results highlighted positive and meaningful changes about the groups point of view about what Physical Education means to them. One half of the group was chosen, randomly, to be filmed during seven program classes. To analyze these classes, the Movement Scale for young children, proposed by Ferre Leavers, which presents a list of 8 involvement signs, was used. These 8 signs are: 1) concentration; 2) energy; 3) complexity and creativity; 4) facial expression and posture; 5) persistence; 6) reaction time; 7) oral expressions; and 8) satisfaction. These mentioned characteristics (signs) were used to point out these young childrens involvement level and, besides, were a very useful methodological tool for classifying, from 1 to 5, the childrens involvement level: a) Level 1: no activity; b) Level 2: frequently interrupted activity; c) Level 3: more or less continuous activity; d) Level 4: intensive movements activity; e) Level 5: continuous intensive activity. By using the Movement Scale, the childrens involvement level in the activities was checked. Moreover, it was evidenced that the used methodological tool can be an important support to the teacher who wants to investigate and get better pedagogical practices, because it allows a wide variety of ways to analyze whether the environment is appropriate or not, what kind of interaction does the teacher have with children, what kind of interaction do they have with each other, and so on

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