A finalidade do estudo é conhecer e analisar a concepção de aprendizagem cooperativa (AC) de um grupo de docentes espanhóis de Educação Física, reconhecidos como referência nesta metodologia, assim como o modo que adotam para implementá-la em suas aulas. Trata-se de um estudo de caso múltiplo que utilizou entrevistas, observação não participante e análise documental. Os resultados indicam que todos os docentes participantes conhecem os princípios gerais da AC e os utilizam, concebendo-os como uma importante metodologia para avançar nos diferentes âmbitos da aprendizagem. Além disso, consideram que qualquer conteúdo pode ser ensinado por meio da AC e valorizam a importância da avaliação formativa e compartilhada.

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En los últimos años varias investigaciones han subrayado las ventajas del aprendizaje cooperativo para promover el aprendizaje motor y social en Educación Física. Sin embargo, rara vez se describe lo que los docentes hacen cuando aplican este modelo pedagógico en sus clases de Educación Física. Este artículo presenta un estudio exploratorio orientado a dar respuesta a esta pregunta. Ciento noventa y ocho profesores de Educación Física españoles respondieron a un cuestionario dirigido a conocer cómo conciben el aprendizaje cooperativo y el modo en que lo implementan en sus clases con alumnado de Primaria y Secundaria. Los resultados del estudio muestran que el aprendizaje cooperativo es todavía una metodología poco implementada en Educación Física. Los profesores la conciben desde una perspectiva cercana al juego cooperativo. Se propone entonces un nuevo enfoque pedagógico, denominado coopedagogía, orientado a facilitar que los docentes puedan desarrollar un proceso de intervención que permita, por una parte, que el alumnado aprenda a cooperar y, por otra, que utilice la cooperación como recurso para aprender en las clases de Educación Física.Abstract. Over the last few years several studies have emphasized the advantages of cooperative learning to promote motor and social learning in Physical Education. However, what teachers do when they implement this pedagogical model in their Physical Education classes is rarely described. This paper presents an exploratory study aimed at answering this question. One hundred and ninety-eight Spanish Physical Education teachers completed a questionnaire designed to find out how cooperative learning is conceived and applied practically in Primary and Secondary school classes. The results of the study reveal that cooperative learning is still underutilized in Physical Education. Teachers conceive cooperative learning from a perspective close to cooperative play. A new pedagogical approach, called coopedagogy, is then proposed to facilitate teachers in developing an intervention process that allows students to learn how to cooperate and how to use the cooperation as a resource of learning in Physical Education classes.

Competency development in Initial TeacherTraining is a particularly relevant issue in the field of higher education. Teamwork Competence is considered valuable in the professional education sector and is essential for developing educational innovation at schools. This paper analyzes how teamwork dynamics are applied in the initial teacher training of future physical education teachers and whether they allow the development of this competence. For this, the perception of ten students of the Primary Education (Physical Education) and Sciences of Physical Activity and Sport degrees about the dynamics and experiences of teamwork carried out during their education are examined. The study adopts a qualitative methodological perspective, based on the analysis of the data collected from a discussion group. Through ATLAS.ti software, information was coded and categorized. After this analytical process, results draw a formative model based on teamwork that does not sufficiently qualify for the acquisition of this competence. However, the students show a basic prosocial attitude which is essential to face the challenges of cooperation.

Our research was oriented to test the effects of a structured program of cooperative learning in Physical Education classes with students in grades 5 and 6 of primary school, with and without previous experience with this methodology. In a second phase we sought to determine how students perceived the received classes for a time later.We analysed data collected during implementation, through cooperative learning, of two teaching units to a total of six groups of students; in addition, a number of interviews, five individual and one collective, were carried out to a total of 10 former students who had left school between one and five years earlier.The results show the positive effects of cooperative learning on students' motor performance, and some social achievements such as a greater autonomy of the students in the learning process, an increasing in prosocial behaviours and the inclusion of pupils with special educational needs. On the other hand, as time went on, the students rated the received classes as cooperative, participatory, funny and useful, emphasizing peer support as a key factor that enabled them to learn in Physical Education.