Project-Based Learning: Experiencie with high school physical education students

Abstract

Physical education in Colombian schools follows national and local guidelines, as well as each institution's curriculum. The objective of this work is to develop motor, expressive body and axiological competencies in high school students of a Colombian educational institution through the Project Based Learning (PBL) methodology. To this end, students were asked to design a project on children's motor development to contribute to the well-being of their educational community. The students had two objectives: (1) to assess the basic movement patterns of preschool children in the same school through a neuromotor assessment test (EVANM), and (2) to stimulate the development of basic patterns that were at a lower level through play activities. The implementation of PBL enabled the high school students to achieve high and superior performance in the assessed competencies. This experience shows a learning situation that has a positive impact on academic results and could be applied by other teachers in other educational institutions in the country with high school students. The result of this experience invites the study of the impact of this methodology on other variables, such as psycho-social and psycho-emotional variables. In addition, its impact on other school levels and even on the development of subjects other than those addressed on this occasion remains to be studied.