the motor commitment in Elementary Education

What is it about?

Physical Education must promote the development of healthy living habits and the prevention of diseases such as childhood obesity. For this reason it’s necessary to know the time that student is in movement doing physical activity in our classes. Therefore, the present study aims to analyse the motor commitment time (MCT) in the Physical Education (PE) sessions in the Primary Education (PrE). The sample consisted of 38 pupils, 1st and 5th grade. In all, nine sessions of PE taught by a specialist teacher was recorded using an ad hoc record sheet. The results show low MCT values in both courses, being the average in the first course of 28.53% and in the fifth grade of 27.05%. So the MCT in first grade is greater than in fifth. Wich implies that something more than 70% of the session time is not intended for driving practise. PE teachers need to reflect not only on the amount of time in PE sessions, but also on their quality, trying to increase the MCT througth specific tasks that will help students to improve healthy living habits.

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Why is it important?

analyzes the movement time that primary school students have in the area of ​​physical education

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