Teaching at the Physical Education graduation night course in Maringá State University and the perspectives for the market nowadays

Abstract

This study aims to verify if the curriculum and structure of physical education night courses offered in the night period by Universidade Estadual de Maringá is coherent with the work market, from the first and second-year students point of view. The research used descriptive method and had a sample of 41 subjects from the first year and 23 from second year. The data was collected with a questionnaire with open and closed questions about the functional situation of both curriculum and general infrastructure, and the perspectives for the work market. The data was treated through frequency and percentage. The results show some unsatisfaction about equipment, material and physical structure. The disciplines in the curriculum are well accepted, but others were suggested that could improve the student's formation. About their perspectives for the work market, besides physical education in school (56.5%), most of them pointed as possibilities for future careers: physical education for handicapped persons, sport coaching, leisure and recreation, academy supervising and personal training. Such results suggest that, even though the tendency for the students is still to work in schools, the courses of physical education must consider a wide range of other possibilities and adequate their teachings to them.