Application of gamification strategies in the academic training of physical educators: systematic review

Higher education is facing challenges demanded by society, which is why it is necessary to use new pedagogical approaches where students are at the center of learning. Gamification is a strategy that has been implemented as an alternative to traditional teaching. The objective of this systematic review was to identify the gamification strategies that have been implemented in university training programs for Physical Education teachers. Different databases such as Scopus, Web of Science, Eric, DOAJ and Redalyc were consulted, contemplating the principles established by the PRISMA declaration. Out the 1002 articles found, based on the exclusion criteria by title and, the result was five selected articles. The results highlight that Spain was the country where more research that has implemented gamification strategies was identified, combining it with the cooperative and collaborative learning method and the role-playing technique. It was concluded that gamification in the university environment, in the training of physical educators has been scarce, however, it contributed significantly to the learning process, students' behavior, motivation, development of skills of university students and teachers themselves.