La Universidad Católica del Maule y su aporte al desarrollo de la psicomotricidad en Chile

Abstract

This article aims to publicize the contributions made by the Universidad Católica del Maule to the development of psychomotricity in Chile. A documentary-exploratory and qualitative-descriptive methodology was used through the collection of documentary and bibliographic antecedents. The results show that the Universidad Católica del Maule led the first steps to include psychomotricity as a specialization both at the undergraduate and postgraduate level, issuing the first diploma course in educational psychomotricity in the country, and with it graduating the first generation of psychomotor specialists. In addition, information is collected on the participation of the Universidad Católica del Maule in one of the principal organizations of the discipline, the Red Fortaleza de Psicomotricidad, being the only institution at the national level to integrate said organization. Finally, the article allows us to consider the Universidad Católica del Maule as the first psychomotor training school in the country, being responsible for drawing the initial lines in training, research, participation, and publication in the discipline, contributing exponentially to the development and construction of psychomotricity at the national level.