CONSOLIDATION OF ACTIVE METHODOLOGIES IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION AT SECONDARY SCHOOL

Abstract

Spain’s educational system joined an educational reform movement based on competencies, which promotes teaching styles that encourage student’s autonomy, interaction and active participation in teaching and learning processes. This study looks into the reality of these active teaching styles and intends to know the methodology applied in Physical Education in depth. Participants were a group of secondary school teachers from the Community of Madrid. Qualitative methodology was employed, as well as content analysis, focus group, observation and interviews, while triangulating data using Atlas.ti. The findings suggest that while teachers acknowledge the benefits of active teaching that provides students with autonomy, traditional, reproductive and directing teaching styles prevail in their professional practices.

Keywords
Competency-Based Education. Teaching. Faculty. Education; Primary and Secondary