Teachers' perceptions of physical education teaching in post-pandemic Spain

Abstract

The aim of this research was to analyse the changes that COVID-19 have caused in Physical Education during the 2020-2021 academic course in post-pandemic years in Spain. For this purpose, a descriptive study was carried out with the participation of 684 physical education teachers from all the autonomous communities. The teachers answered a questionnaire consisting of five approaches: technological, pedagogical, curricular, emotional and health and hygiene. The methodological procedure followed the ethical standards of research in education and sports science. The results obtained show how COVID-19 has conditioned the teaching of Physical Education in the first year back to the classroom. Compliance with the contingency protocols, the limitations of space and material, the institutional helplessness, and the uncertainty in the face of a totally new situation have generated stress and emotional exhaustion in the teaching staff. The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the use of technology, the promotion of student autonomy and the need to select curricular content in accordance with the contingency protocols. The use of active methodologies mediated by technology that promote self-regulation of learning, opens the door to new hybrid teaching models in Physical Education that should be studied.