The methodological preparation of the university Physical Education teacher through the treatment of environmental issues/La preparación metodológica del profesor universitario de Educación Física a través del tratamiento de temas medioambientales

Abstract

The formation of environmental culture in the Physical Education teacher turns out to be an important factor in the integral preparation of this professional. The objective of this study is focused on: proposing a system of methodological workshops oriented to the appropriation of the environmental culture by the Physical Education teacher at the University of Oriente in Santiago de Cuba. The research has a mixed approach of explanatory type. Theoretical and empirical methods, techniques and instruments were applied to gather the necessary information for the study. A diagnosis was made to 15 teachers of the Physical Education discipline at the University of Oriente. Its results showed the insufficiencies in the environmental culture of the Physical Education teacher. In the processing of the data, the contrast statistics were used: Kendall's W test and T-Student test, with a significance level established at 0.05. The concordance of the criteria issued by the specialists consulted and the difference in the results between the pretest and posttest and with the control group, both with a significance of 0.00, allowed assessing the proposal as feasible and functional.