Games with motivational approach in the third year Physical Education of Basic Elemental General Education

Abstract

In Physical Education, games are significant means to achieve motivation towards it; However, it is perhaps the most recurrent problem of teachers in this area, in Ecuador, because research related to the subject is still insufficient. For these reasons, the scientific problem was posed: How to contribute to the development of the motivation of the children of the third year of the Basic General Education during Physical Education? Games are proposed to help raise the motivation of third-year children to Physical Education. The practical contribution of the research, is concreted in games aimed at contributing to the motivation towards these classes and the active participation of children this year of the General Basic Education of Ecuador, supported by orientations, to favor the theoretical preparation and methodological of the teachers. The relevance of the proposed games for motivation in the third year Physical Education class was demonstrated through the discussion group based on its potentialities and objectivity, its advantages in the solution of the insufficient methodological preparation of the teachers to achieve such purpose; and the possibility of using them in other educational areas of Ecuador based on the diagnoses made in each context.