Concerns related to teaching: Perceptions of undergraduate teaching fellows in physical education

Abstract

The study aimed to analyze the concerns of scholarship holders starting to teach in Physical Education participating in an edition held during Covid-19 social isolation. Eight scholarship holders from the Institutional Teaching Initiation Scholarship Program of the Physical Education subproject of the State University of Santa Catarina (UDESC) participated in the investigation. The collection and analysis of information occurred through the Qualitative Research Technique - Interview, Transcription, Categorization and Interpretation. The results revealed that concerns about the task and self were more evident among the scholarship recipients, both at the beginning and at the end of their participation in the program. At the beginning, the scholarship holders were concerned about issues related to communication, the fear of failure, the experience in remote teaching and the changes in Education resulting from the pandemic, in addition to being concerned about the task in terms of controlling the class and students. In the end, concerns about insecurity and anxiety prevailed, in addition to concerns about the task in terms of lesson planning. It was observed that self-concerns decreased throughout participation in the project, giving greater space to concerns about the task.