Physical education role during coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic Physical education and COVID-19

Abstract

COVID-19 outbreak has been dogged the whole world and besides economic damage; this new virus has been collapsing health units worldwide. Many people have been infected and died every day and so far, there are no vaccines or drugs approved to fight off COVID-19. In this sense, many countries have adopted strategies to avoid virus spread during the quarantine. Social isolation has caused psychological impacts and changes in people's routine, thus physical exercise emerges as an alternative to decrease cognitive problems developed by people during the quarantine. The use of technology to guide people during physical education classes has become a great strategy for people who cannot leave their homes. Besides, technology can insert people in an immersive environment increasing their interaction, merriment, improving their immune and cardiovascular systems. Physical education teacher must be considered an essential health professional during this pandemic period because they can guide and stimulate individuals to practice physical exercise routinely, in order to keep and improve their health.

Análisis de la experiencia docente en clases de Educación Física durante el confinamiento por COVID-19 en México (Analysis of teaching experience in Physical Education classes during COVID-19 confinement in Mexico)

“…En este sentido, es fundamental adaptar e innovar practicas lúdicas en espacios fuera de la escuela tradicional (García, 2020). El profesor de EF se ha visto en la necesidad de modificar sus recursos didácticos, para impactar de la mejor manera a sus alumnos; por tal motivo, debe ser considerado indispensable durante el aislamiento, ya que su labor contribuye al mejoramiento y mantenimiento de la salud (Silva-Filho et al, 2020).…”

Electronic tools for physical activity and quality of life of medical students during COVID-19 pandemic social isolation

“…In addition, students should maintain health measures and seek alternative strategies, such as home-based PA, which can include social-media and video-search sites, such as YouTube 33,34 . In addition, webbased video-conferencing platforms can allow physicaleducation teachers to monitor exercises 35 . As the present study indicates, physical-education teachers are valuable during online classes, in that their instruction is linked to the satisfactory PA levels and improvement of QoL.…”

Kajian literatur: Dampak covid-19 terhadap pendidikan jasmani

“…Pada guru pendidikan jasmani yang terus diperhatikan sebagai ahli kesehatan esensial selama periode pandemi ini karena mereka dapat membimbing dan merangsang individu untuk berlatih latihan fisik secara rutin, guna menjaga dan meningkatkan kesehatannya (Filho et al, 2020). Dampak ini membuat guru jasmani sangat penting bagi siswa.…”