The life mediated by the screen: impacts on leisure and graduation in Physical Education at UFOP during the Covid-19 pandemic

Abstract

Introduction: this research starts from the great changes that social practices have undergone with the Covid-19 pandemic. There was the abandonment of physical presence as a form of coexistence and the increase in mediations from the screens. The objective of the research was to investigate to what extent the increase in the use of ICTs impacted the process of academic formation and the leisure of Physical Education students at UFOP. Methodology: the quali-quanti approach methodology used google forms as a research tool and content analysis for data processing. Results and discussion: As a result, it was found: lack of motivation and some difficulty for students to follow their training within the virtualized academic organization; increased autonomy and pro-activity in the search for knowledge; the absence of face-to-face collective interaction was the most felt transformation in leisure and the need to stay at home provoked changes and adaptations in the forms of enjoyment of leisure. The impact on training and leisure was more intense in the first months of the pandemic, but the consequences on the balance of physical and mental health increased over time. Final considerations: Finally, it is pointed out that there was an exponential increase in daily time in a virtual environment, with life being mediated by the screen.