Influence of a physical education plan on psychomotor development profiles of preschool children

  1. Costa, Hélder José Teixeira
  2. Abelairas Gómez, Cristian
  3. Arufe Giráldez, Víctor
  4. Pazos Couto, José María
  5. Barcala Furelos, Roberto J.
Journal:
Journal of Human Sport and Exercise: JHSE

ISSN: 1988-5202

Year of publication: 2015

Volume: 10

Issue: 1

Pages: 126-140

Type: Article

DOI: 10.14198/JHSE.2015.101.11 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openRUA editor

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Abstract

Este estudio tuvo como objetivo investigar la influencia de la educación física estructurada sobre el desarrollo psicomotor de 3 a 5 años de edad, los niños en edad preescolar. La muestra estuvo constituida por 324 estudiantes de ambos sexos (3 a 5 años de edad) de 9 clases de jardín de infantes públicos en Porto, Portugal. Una batería de pruebas psicomotoras (pre-test) se utilizó para evaluar los perfiles de desarrollo psicomotor de los estudiantes. La muestra se dividió en 2 grupos: un grupo experimental (162 alumnos) y un grupo control (162 estudiantes). Educación Física (PE) los profesores utiliza un plan de educación física de 24 semanas estructurada en el grupo experimental. Después de la finalización del plan, la misma batería de pruebas (post-test) se ha ejecutado en tanto resultado acepta grupos fue que ambos grupos aumentaron sus perfiles psicomotrices; Sin embargo, este crecimiento fue siempre estadísticamente mayor en el grupo experimental (en todas las edades y en todas las variables analizadas p <0,001 - Figura 3 y la Tabla 1, 2). No hubo desviaciones significativas relacionadas con el sexo (p> 0,05). La educación física estructurada es importante para el desarrollo psicomotriz de los niños en edad preescolar. El impacto de la actividad física en la interacción de los niños con el mundo exterior se demostró, a través de su desarrollo general motivado por las clases de educación física estructurada.

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