Evaluation practices in the Physical Education Class: An issue of lack of knowledge

Abstract

Objective: the article focuses on the evaluation that take place in the physical education class, considering the techniques and instruments that are carried out in this scenario. The project was titled: "Evaluative practices in the Physical Education class in the city of Manizales and Villamaría, Colombia" and its purpose was to unveil the tendencies that occur in the formative processes, based on the identification and interpretation of these. Methodology developed: the research was undertaken from the qualitative paradigm with a complementarity approach, in which class observations, interviews with students and teachers of elementary school, high school and middle school were conducted, which were categorized by means of an open, axial and selective coding. Results: it was found that the evaluation in the Physical Education class tends to be understood in a polysemic way, that is, this act originates practices in which physical performance and/or attitudinal aspects are privileged, which finally end up obscuring the conceptual contents. Conclusions and discussions: this is why evaluation is merely a simple tool, which focuses on the verification of learning and task accomplishment, thus ignoring the importance of self-evaluation and metacognitive processes.