Behavioral profiles of primary school students in physical education class

Abstract

Students manifest diverse behaviors that influence the teaching-learning processes, which represents a crucial aspect that teachers must consider in order to develop efficient educational practices. Taking into account the above, this work sought to determine the behavioral profiles of elementary school students in Physical Education classes. For this purpose, a mixed descriptive approach with a non-experimental design was adopted, using observation as a qualitative technique to identify relevant behaviors and a checklist in Excel called Evaluation of Behavioral Performance in Physical Education Classes (EDCEF), composed of 10 indicators evaluated by means of a binary system (1 for “complies” and 0 for “does not comply”). The sample was non-probabilistic by convenience, composed of 30 students (16 from the female group and 14 from the male group) belonging to the fifth and sixth grades of the Colegio Evangelio Efraín, located in the educational district 08-04 of the Dominican Republic. The participants of the male group presented less satisfactory behavioral profiles, reaching a compliance of 72.14% of the evaluated indicators. In contrast, the participants of the female group achieved a higher compliance, with 81.25%. Among the main conclusions, the need to implement improvement plans with the help of other actors such as fathers, mothers and counselors to overcome conflict situations such as verbal aggression and gender discrimination was highlighted.