Application of an Observation System in the Practice of Psychomotor Circuits in Early Education

Abstract

Numerous authors point out the importance of psychomotor education during the early stages as a means to achieve progress in the cognitive, social, affective – emotional, and physical fields. In Venezuela, which is the focus of this study, early education teachers have to deal with the reality of lacking official studies that tackle in full this field of knowledge. The current job pretends to offer evidence about the benefits of teachers training in the psychomotor area. It describes an observation study made on two initial stages physical education teachers. The teachers conducted a training course on psychomotor circuits and were observed after this period to check the changes in their teaching practice. The study analyzes their practice from three perspectives: teacher’s attitude, the management of spaces and resources in the psychomotricity room and the communication with the student. An ideographic follow-up and multidimensional design was carried out. To make the observation, an ad hoc estimation scale was created base on the instrument designed by Camps (2008). The observation was made by 9 teachers from the center during four sessions. The calculated statistics (Cronbachs alpha = 0.8 and CCI= 0.871) guarantee the observation system and the positive evolution in the teaching practice.