Peculiarities of the voice use by school physical education teachers: origin and interactive function

Abstract

Introduction: Physical education teachers have the voice as work resource with peculiarities that distinguish them from other teachers: vocal use as an incentive to the physical activities of their students in the midst of organizational and environmental aspects differentiated from those found in the classroom. There are few studies about these professionals’ vocal use origin. Objective: To discourse about the physical education military origin as determinant of the vocal manner adopted by the majority of teachers and the peculiarities related to these professionals’ vocal use. Method: It is a bibliographical review article involving the search of theoretical texts on the origin of physical education, oral communication and voice of the physical education teacher in books, dissertations and theses specific to the areas of Education and Speech and Language Pathology. Results: The data found accentuate the encouraging characteristic of this professional voice that seeks to initiate and maintain the body movement of the students, in the midst of sound competition of the practical and noisy activities of the physical education classes, mostly in wide-open environments, or in improvised places with few suitable conditions for the vocal use. Discussion: The data alert to a professional practice with vocal use in high intensity. The nonrecognition of the teachers as voice professionals supports the little care and voice training. Conclusion: Reinforces the idea that physical education teachers must have training for the adequate voice usage, both in undergraduate and in the course of professional practice.