A chat about sedentarism in adolescence

Abstract

The research was conducted on students and the external community - people with no academic or functional ties to the Federal Institute of Goiás Câmpus Itumbiara, Brazil. As a remote, hour-long complementary activity, our aim was to perform an educational practice using active methodologies to deal with the concepts of integral human formation and understanding the importance of physical aspects as a part of it, and physical activity and inactivity in adolescence in the context of the COVID-19 quarantine period. The activity involved 22 participants, including technical course students integrated to high school and higher courses, and external community. The educational practice adopted two active methodologies (conversation circle and gamification) utilizing technology that enabled remote meetings (Google Meet). We suggest the use of conversation wheel and games to maintain a constant dialogue about physical inactivity, with adolescent population, for awareness about the harmful effects of physical inactivity.