The offer of physical education teacher training on distance learning in Brazil

• Autor(a) principal: Silva, Rafael Teixeira da
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Outros Autores: Gawryszewski, Bruno
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: ETD - Educação Temática Digital
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br/ojs/index.php/etd/article/view/8652084
• topic: Educación a distancia; Educación Física; Formación de profesores.; Educação a distância; Educação Física; Formação de professores.; Distance learning; Physical Education; Teacher training.

This article presents an analysis about the offer of physical education teacher training in the Distance Learning (DL) modality, seeking to compare its expansion with educational policies and the participation of the State as a crucial agent in the strategy of expansion of higher education, especially for the sector private. The work methodology focused on the literature review on teacher education policies by DL and the extraction of data from the Statistical Synopsis of Higher Education in the years 2006, 2009, 2012, 2015 and 2017. The results attest to the continuous expansion of enrollment by DL in the courses of Physical Education and that growth has been sustained through the vacancies offered, mainly by the University of North of Paraná (Unopar). The increase of this modality reinforces the need to deepen the studies on a social process that significantly changes the forms of teaching and learning in higher education and that creates a new niche market for the private sector, protected and stimulated by the political actions of the State