Ejercicios físicos en el desarrollo de habilidades psicomotrices de los niños de la Unidad Educativa Alejandro Bermúdez Farías en la ciudad de Rocafuerte

Abstract

Motor skills are necessary and fundamental activities for the full development of the human being, therefore it is through the body and the movement that is applied that a full relationship with the environment is reached, the present research keeps the purpose of specifying the physical activities based on the development of motor skills in the children at Alejandro Bermúdez Farías school. Objective: To deseign physical exercises in the development of psychomotor skills of third-year students at Alejandro Bermúdez Farias school, in Rocafuerte canton. Methods: The study design was descriptive, cross-sectional, with a mixed approach (qualitative and quantitative). It was carried out with the participation of 21 children who correspond to the third grade in the institution, the sample was obtained through the simple random method including data collection techniques such as a teacher survey and the adaptation of the motor skills test under the study of authors such as Berges-Lezine, Ruiz, (1991), Brunett (1980), Arce and Rivera, Cordero, (1988), They have a relative relevance to be taken and adapted in this environment limited by the COVID 19 pandemic. Results: The findings indicate that there is a minimal, but important consideration based on skills not adequately developed in third-grade children, furthermore, it is evidenced that there was an improvement in reflexes for some of the motor skills. Conclusions: With the implementation of the tests (pre-test and post-test), an improvement was achieved with respect to motor skills, where it is stated that the main reason is not to include physical activities oriented to the skills described as there are no teachers for that specific area of the institution.