Activities for teaching Physical Education through social networks in emergency situations

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic caused changes that directly and indirectly affected the teaching-learning process of Physical Education. In the current context, it is necessary for Physical Education teachers to look for alternatives that guarantee compliance with the contents in a creative and motivating way, considering the potential of social networks in emergency situations. The objective of the research was to propose activities to encourage the use of social networks as an alternative in the teaching of Physical Education in emergency situations for different reasons. The study was carried out with two populations, one of students and the other of Physical Education teachers. Research methods and techniques were used such as: analytical-synthetic, inductive-deductive, observation, interviews, questionnaires, user criteria and statistical-mathematical. They made it possible to obtain the necessary information to carry out the diagnosis and determine the activities that make up the proposal. The results offered in this research are the proposal of activities for the teaching-learning of Physical Education in emergency situations through social networks, as well as the methodological guidelines for their implementation. Introductory users make value judgments in favor of the proposal regarding its social usefulness and real possibility of being implemented.