The cultural-historical theory of action and the education of motor skills in the teaching context experienced of volleyball

Abstract

In this paper we reflect on the assumptions of the theory of cultural-historical activityand motor skills training on high school volleyball experienced by academic traineesDEFD/PUCGO. To better understand this context, we analyzed documents andparticipant observation as a methodology to achieve the overall objective of the study:To assess whether the lessons taught in school experienced Volleyball have contributedto the theoretical learning of motor skills and training from the perspective of culturalhistorical theory activity. It was observed that this is a highly relevant for the trainingof students and the community’s children, but do not follow the principles proposedby this theory. It was concluded that it is a reflection detail to better weave the goalsof academic activities with the conscious development of motor skills by childrenparticipating in the process.