Pedagogical action by Physical Education teachers from Rio Grande do Sul Federal Technical Schools

The aim of this study is to describe the pedagogical action taken by Physical Education teachers (n=41) from Rio Grande do Sul Federal Technical High Shools (n=12), contextualizing the pedagogical approaches which guide the pedagogical action. The study was an exploratory descriptive one which analyzed the circumstances of the classes and the teachers’actions. The profile presented by teachers shows the interaction of formative, recreational, sportive conceptions. Daily, activities practiced in schools are mostly related to recreational and sportive games, gymnastics and walks. The pedagogical approaches adopted by teachers are the physical activity approach and the humanist approach. As a conclusion, teachers’pedagogical practice is focused on Physical Education teachers’s valorization as a school curricular content and search for changing their practice in qualified healthy activities