Academic Management of the Curriculum During COVID-19 in Physical Education and Sports Programs: The Case of Three Mexican Universities

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https://doi.org/10.55040/educa.v5i1.129

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academic management, COVID-19, teacher training, physical education

Abstract

The present qualitative work describes the way in which the academic management of the curriculum was carried out during the last wave of the global COVID-19 pandemic and the first months of the return to normality. The study was collected from the experiences of three Mexican public universities that offer bachelor's degrees in physical education and sports and/or related, with career coordinators as informants. The interview technique to retrieve the information was used and the semi-structured interview guide was used as an instrument, which addresses four study dimensions: institutional proposal for academic continuity, teaching qualification, performance indicators, and institutional policy in the face of the emergency. The systematization of the data was carried out in the qualitative analysis software ATLAS.ti, and the data were coded and analyzed thematically. Among the main findings, coincidences and divergences were detected in curriculum management, the transition to the virtual modality, teacher training, health and safety measures, psychological and emotional support, the impact on the behavior of enrollment and evaluation; likewise, the priorities and approaches of each university during the pandemic were identified. In conclusion, these universities and their educational programs of physical education and sports and/or related faced the challenge of responding and acting in the face of a crisis of unimaginable proportions with resilience, flexibility, innovation and offered comprehensive attention to the university community. In a similar situation, these experiences will be used to manage models adaptable to Higher Education and the future challenges of the world.

Author Biographies

  • Ciria Margarita Salazar C., University of Colima

    PhD and Master in Physical and Artistic Education from the University of Extremadura, Spain; Master in Social Sciences and Master in Sports Business Administration. Diploma in healthy eating, Research Methodology in Social Sciences and Leadership with a gender perspective. Full-time Research Professor at the Faculty of Education Sciences of the University of Colima. Member of the National System of Researchers SNII-2 (2011-). Member of the Academic Body UCOL85 "Education and Movement".

  • Joel Pedraza Mandujano, Intercultural University of the State of Mexico

    Full-time professor at the Intercultural University of the State of Mexico. PhD in Social Sciences from CIESAS West, Master in Sociocultural Studies from El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, Bachelor in Communication from the Autonomous University of the State of Mexico. He has a PRODEP profile and belongs to the National System of Researchers level I. His lines of research are: migration, communication technologies, interculturality and cultural processes in globalization.

  • Carmen Silvia Peña Vargas, University of Colima

    She holds a PhD in Education from the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Occidente (ITESO). She is currently a full-time professor at the Faculty of Education Sciences at the University of Colima. She teaches classes in the Bachelor's Degree in Mathematics Teaching and Master's Degree in Educational Intervention. She is part of the UCOL-85 Education and Movement academic body. She has PRODEP profile recognition and is part of the National System of Researchers (SNI). The lines of research in which she participate are: -Curricular actors and social representations -Young people and social representations: -Pedagogy and didactics of physical culture. Since 2007 to date, she has been part of the Evaluation Committee of Pedagogy and Education Programs (CEPPE) as responsible for the coordination of the Technical Council. From 2018 to date, she is a member of the Network of Researchers in Social Representations (RENIRS).

  • Edith Cortés Romero, Autonomous University of the State of Mexico

    PhD in Communication from the Universidad Iberoamericana. She is a professor-researcher at the Faculty of Political and Social Sciences of the Autonomous University of the State of Mexico; General Coordinator of the Audiovisual Production Center (CUPA UAEMex); PRODEP profile, Belongs to the SNI. Coordinator of the Sports, Leisure and Entertainment working group of the Mexican Association of Communication Researchers (AMIC). Member of the Network of Researchers on Sport, Physical Culture, Leisure and Recreation. Coordinator of the international seminar on youth studies in Latin America. Member of GICOM-Music and leader of the academic body UAEM-CA-305 Cultural Narratives: Media, Journalism and Institutional Communication. Lines of research: studies on youth, music, sports, and urban studies.

  • María Elena Chávez Valenzuela , University of Sonora

    PhD in Physical Education, Full-Time Teacher (MTC) at the University of Sonora. She is a Desirable Profile of the Program for Professional Development of Teachers (PRODEP), since 2011. Member of the College of Public Health Professionals in the State of Sonora (2019-2022). Institutional Representative of the Mexican Network of Health Promoting Universities (2018-2021) and Institutional Representative before the Ibero-American Network of Health Promoting Universities (2018-2021).

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2025-01-01

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Academic Management of the Curriculum During COVID-19 in Physical Education and Sports Programs: The Case of Three Mexican Universities. (2025). EDUCA. International Journal for Educational Quality, 5(1), 1-24. https://doi.org/10.55040/educa.v5i1.129

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