Educação física na educação infantil : possíveis diferenças no perfil motor de crianças atendidas por profissional de educação física e profissional generalista.

Abstract

Objective: Verify possible differences in motor profile between children attending classes conducted by a physical education teacher and children attending classes conducted by a 20 general professional graduated in any pedagogy area. Method: This is a comparative study with 80 children from both genders aged three to five from four schools, being two private (with physical education teacher) and two municipal (with pedagogy professional) schools. All students were resident from Santa Cruz do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul. To evaluate possible differences in motor profile of subjects involved three motor tests proposed by Gallahue e Ozmun were performed (Basic motor skills tests: jump, hurl and balance) and one conceptual (Body parts identification test) adapted from Aguiar and Duarte. Results and closing remarks: In the present study we found there are no significant differences within variables and groups studied. We conclude have small differences in motor profiles of children who have the presence of physical education teacher in early childhood education.