Estudo do contributo das práticas desportivas para a educação ambiental: o caso da Escola Secundária da Matola em Maputo

Abstract

The goal of the study was to study the contribution of sporting practices to environmental education in the subject of Physical Education, specifically at the Secondary School of Matola. The research was of nature exploratory and used a qualitative approach, which made it possible to understand from the students and physical education teachers what is the contribution of sports practices to environmental education using the semi-structured interview for physical education teachers as data collection instruments and the questionnaire for students. For the treatment and analysis of the data, the analysis of content method was used. The research worked with three grades, namely the Grade 8, Grade 9 and Grade10, in each Grades, three students and one teacher were selected through non-probabilistic sampling for convenience and by intention. The data acquired from students and teachers showed an effort by physical education teachers to transmit environmental concepts in their classes, despite not having practical experience in environmental education. Of the sporting practices taught during classes, walking (caminhadas) and running were those that showed the greatest contribution to environmental education, the practice of walking allowed students to identify some problems in the environment, both inside and outside the school. The general conclusion of the study is that sports practices contribute to Environmental Education, some environmental concepts are learned during the practice of sports, being the subject of Physical Education an opportunity for the acquisition of environmental concepts through the multiple realities found. Thus, the study recommends the Matola Secondary school Board the hire a professional linked to the environmental area to help teachers relate the subject of Physical Education with the environment and recommends teachers to create debates about the environmental problems that students observe during sports practices