CASTANO HERRERA, Claudia Patricia    ACEVEDO RUISANCHEZ, Mario. The pedagogical practice for the development of the professional skills of the Physical Educator in Colombia. []. , 16, 1, pp. 140-157. ISSN 1815-7696.

Improving the quality of education in Latin American nations is one of the main goals to be achieved by the member countries of the Organization of Ibero-American States by 2021, which is why this article focuses on improving the formation of Physical Education teachers, for the important social mission they have in the education of future generations. The method of bibliographic analysis was used, going from the international context to the Colombian reality. The main results are in determining the background that marks the beginning of the search for competitiveness and quality in Higher Education, and the participation of Colombia in this challenge, as well as how practices for the acquisition of skills in the exercise of the professional activities and, finally, the current state of said competences in the students of pedagogical practice of the Bachelor's program in Physical Education of the Higher Education Institution María Goretti Higher Education University Institution.

: quality; teacher; to know.

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