The training by professional competencies of Physical Education teachers in Higher Education

Abstract

The permanent formation of the graduates of the Degree in Physical Culture and Sports throughout the country constitutes a need determined by the development of science and technology, the changes that are taking place in the Cuban educational system, as an expression of the Third Educational Revolution, and the own needs of the graduates in order to achieve their growth in the professional and the human. In the research, it is started with diagnosing the insufficiencies presented by the continuous training of Physical Education teachers of Higher Education (EFS) graduated from the Faculty of Physical Culture of the La Isla de la Juventud during the job training stage, a factor that affects their job performance. The objective of this research is to design actions for continuous training by professional competencies in Physical Education teachers of Higher Education. In order to fulfill the objective, methods of the theoretical, empirical and statistical-mathematical level were used. The theoretical and methodological foundations analyzed allowed determining and adapting the actions to favor the development of professional skills; these actions are offered as a result for the training by professional competencies of Physical Education teachers of Higher Education, on the La Isla de la Juventud.