The use of PBL system through the practice teaching style in Physical Education to increase motivation: a didactic proposal in Secondary Education

Using as a reference the Self -Determination Theory with its exposition of the three basic psychological needs, the literature on teaching styles and active methodologies, a didactic proposal using the Points, Badgets and Leaderboards (PBL) system for the subject of Physical Education based on the universe of Avatar is detailed. This intervention was carried out in a secondary school in Madrid (Spain) with students in the second year of ESO, at the end of which information was obtained from some of the participants, through personal interviews, on aspects related to the feeling of competence, teamwork, the subject matter used and the system for distributing points. The sense of novelty and the feeling of belonging to a group seem to have been the two key elements in increasing student motivation during the intervention, while at the same time the low motivational impact of other factors such as the chosen subject matter or the scoring system is discussed.