“Physical Education teachers and the effects of the Special Regime for Non-Present Activities: A study based on the Actor-Network Theory”.
Special Regime for Non-In-Person Activities (REANP). Physical education. Actor-Network Theory (ANT). Affects and Pandemic
Given the context caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, many changes have occurred around the world, from the way we relate, work, study and have fun. Therefore, basic education was also affected by this reality, bringing new configurations and challenges to everyone involved in this process: school, teachers, families and students. In view of this, the present study aimed to analyze and investigate the possible effects on the pedagogical practices of Physical Education teachers in a small town in Minas Gerais during the Special Regime for Non-In-Person Activities (REANP). The study is based on the assumptions of the Actor-Network Theory (ANT), which understands that we live in a world of relationships and exchanges, not only between humans, but also between humans and non-humans, in which it seeks to map and track how these exchanges occur and how each actor acts within this network of connections. The methodology used was qualitative in nature, with semi-structured interviews. As a result, we observed that the actions chosen by government officials and school managers to continue teaching were precarious and simplistic, failing to produce an innovative, humane educational response that was closer to students. Teachers became mere intermediaries in their teaching practices, sending and receiving proposed activities through Tutored Study Plans (PET), demonstrating how REANP was configured in technical education. With regard to Physical Education in particular, REANP produced a disembodied, cognitivist teaching, focused only on resolving content activities, measuring what was right and wrong, disassociated from the subject's object of study.