Perception of teachers and students after a program of active breaks at the beginning of the school day: A pilot study in Chile

• Autor(a) principal: Faúndez-Casanova, César
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Herrera Peña, Leonardo, Durán Casanova, Michael, Cáceres Padilla , Jaime, Mondaca Urrutia, Jessica, Contreras-Mellado, Víctor
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Research, Society and Development
• Texto Completo: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/31315
• topic: Pausas ativas; Modelo SERQUAL; Percepção de satisfação; Professores; Alunos.; Active breaks; SERQUAL model; Perception of satisfaction; Teachers; Students.; Pausas activas; Modelo SERQUAL; Percepción de satisfacción; Profesores; Alumnos.

Objective: Determine the perception of teachers and students, after a program of active breaks at the beginning of the class. Methodology: A longitudinal experimental study was carried out. The sample selected was non-probabilistic for convenience. We worked with 56 students of both sexes (34 men and 22 women), from a municipal educational establishment in the city of Talca, aged between 9 and 10 years.  Results: after having carried out the research project, an inclination towards the favorable percentages of agreement (22.6%) and strongly agree (51.9%) was observed. The instrument showed a good reliability capacity (Cronbach's alpha 0.858). Conclusion: The questionnaire used to measure the perception of teachers and students after the active breaks program was valid and reliable, it was also determined that there was a lot of support and input from the participants transmitting satisfaction with the active breaks program. Regarding the perception of the teachers, a broad approval was found for the program product the benefits that they perceived in their students, both in terms of concentration and improvement in their academic performance.