Formative and shared assessment in primary school PE curriculum: Teachers’ perceptions

Resumen

Assessment is one of the processes that most signifies curriculum. The general purpose of this study was to find
out the perception of Primary School Physical Education Teachers on the role of assessment in the curriculum in
Spain. Experts validated an interview with two parts. In the first part, participants were asked questions about
assessment in Physical Education and the links betweenassessment and the school curriculum (the first objective).
Another specific part was aimed at finding out the PETE’s opinion on the conclusions of the study by Otero-Saborido
et al., (2021a) which analysed the treatment of assessment in the 17 regional curriculum in Spain (second objective).
17 PETE participated in the interviews conducted. A system of categories and subcategories was designed and
validated. Atlas.ti software was used to analyse content the interviews. The results showed the importance that the
participants attach to the official curriculum, although they pointed out improvements such as the need to reduce the
number of evaluative references and increase the number of orientations. They also point out the importance of
motor skills as the axis of assessment and the need for the cognitive, motor and socio-affective spheres to be
integrated into the assessment references.