RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article T1 La identidad en cuestión: currículum, contradicciones profesionales y su expresión en las prácticas de investigación en los profesores de Educación Física de Uruguay A1 Marrero, Adriana A2 Ediciones Universidad de Valladolid AB The article examines the main characteristics of the research in the field of Physical Education in Uruguay from an overview of the published papers in the main Journal of the Superior Institute of Physical Education. Surprisingly, it can be seen that a very high percentage of the articles deal insufficiency of the conceptual and practical instruments to reach them, and the consequent insecurity, as the key factor that explains the centrality of questioning of identity in academic researchers.with the issue of professional identity of teachers and graduates in Physical Education. This is interpreted as a consequence of the problematic definition of the professional role as it is established by the curriculum objective and its general design. From a theoretical point of view, the analysis is based on a previous work that addresses the tensions of the professional field ruled by contradictory expectations, and the way in which teachers deal with them. The paper concludes pointing the relation between the unrealistic objectives of the curriculum, the SN 1578-2174 YR 2011 FD 2011 LK http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/23720 UL http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/23720 LA spa NO Agora para la educación física y el deporte, 2011, N.3, pags.263-279 DS UVaDOC RD 08-may-2024