El estilo y metodología docente y su influencia en el desarrollo de la actitud física en adolescentes

Abstract

The teaching styles employed by teachers in Physical Education classes are fundamental for the motivation towards physical activity and sports. For this reason, the study aims to identify how the teaching style relates to the adolescents to be physically active in the future and how this is projected in the satisfaction of their basic psychological needs. It is a non-experimental design research, with a cross-sectional, quantitative approach, statistical analysis, and questionnaire for data collection. The Measurement of the Intention to be Physically Active (MIFA) and the Controlling Style questionnaires were applied; also, the autonomy support instrument and the basic psychological needs scale were employed to assess basic psychological needs. It was determined that the controlling teaching style is not associated with being physically active, but the autonomy- supportive teaching style is significantly associated with being physically active; regarding the intention to be physically active, the controlling style is related to basic psychological needs and the autonomy-supportive style is associated with being physically active. In conclusion, the importance of conducting motivational processes by teachers to improve the intention to be physically active inside and outside the institutions to promote a healthy lifestyle through physical activity was established.