Discentes de Educação Física têm conhecimentos a respeito do Transtorno de Déficit de Atenção e Hiperatividade (TDAH)?

Abstract

We investigated Physical Education students' knowledge of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), checking their levels of knowledge. Forty-one students took part in the study (age = 22±3 years; male: n = 22; 54%, female: n = 19; 46%) enrolled in the Physical Education course (bachelor's degree: n = 30; 73%, licentiate degree: n = 11, 27%). A questionnaire (open and closed questions) was used as the data collection tool, inserted into an online platform (Google Forms). Our main results indicate that students have superficial knowledge of ADHD. The students' greatest difficulties with ADHD are linked to their training, since the subjects cover the subject in a superficial way and the students' main source of information on ADHD comes from the internet, so they have difficulties conceptualizing ADHD and feel unprepared to teach students with the disorder. The participants mention that it is necessary to include these students in physical education classes, to propose pedagogical practices, but in order to propose this inclusion, it is necessary to have knowledge about ADHD. In this scenario, we conclude that Physical Education students do not have in-depth knowledge about ADHD and that they do not feel able to work with students with ADHD, since their training is insufficient to prepare them to intervene with the public with ADHD in the school environment.