O espaço ocupado pela educação física nos anos iniciais do ensino fundamental

Abstract

The space occupied by Physical Education in the early years of elementary school. This study proposes to reflect on the Physical Education in early years of Elementary school and its relation with the unidocência. For this purpose, it was carried a qualitative research of the exploratory type with 15 primary school teachers, that received some Physical Education trainees in their classes. Thus, semi-structured interviews were carried out and it used a content analysis technique to evaluate the data collected. The results pointed a persistent scenario that the Physical Education was worked by limited way through recreational activities and joking, which occurs due to precarious initial training. In contrast, new perspectives are reached because of the benefits related to cognition and learning.