Recreational games in the development of driving equilibrium in boys and girls's in Manta - Ecuador

Abstract

The experimental study was carried out by professors of the Faculty of Education and students of the preschool and initial education career and Physical Education, Sports and Recreation, of the "Eloy Alfaro" Lay University of Manabí in Ecuador; part of the theoretical analysis on recreational games and the development of motor balance, to determine the activities that contribute to enhance it and the strategies for its correct application by the educators of Initial Education and Physical Education. From the empirical perspective, a diagnosis was made, whose universe was formed by the administrative authority, teachers, children of the "Juan Montalvo" fiscal educational unit of the city of Manta, Ecuador and the sample includes the administrative authority, Physical education teachers of the first year of basic education and the children enrolled in this year. This was done during the 2018-2019 school year; a pre-test that allowed to evaluate the level of development of the motor balance that the children have, before applying the recreational games, as a base to evaluate its effectiveness through a post-test at the end of the investigation. The information obtained was statistically analyzed by applying the SPSS version 23 data management program.

Key words. Recreational games, development of motor balance in children, Physical Education