Educação física e a organização da disciplina por sexo: percepções de alunos e professores

Abstract

This study aims to verify the perceptions of students and teachers about the organization of Physical Education classes separated by sex and mixed. The study is characterized, as far as the objectives are concerned, as descriptive and will be subjects of Physical Education teachers and students of the final years of Elementary School of two public schools, of the municipality of Uruguaiana, totaling 160 students and 4 teachers working in these schools. As an data collection instrument, a questionnaire with open and closed questions was used, which was applied to the students and a semi-structured interview, which was carried out to the Physical Education teachers. The questions were related to the perceptions of the experiences of Physical Education classes, about the preference for mixed classes or separated by sex, highlighting their positive and negative points. The results showed that the highest percentage for classes separated by sex were related to school "A" and in school "B" the percentage of preference classes separated by sex and mixed classes had the same equivalence, in relation to teachers, it was observed a division in the choices and that this is not related to the organization of the school that acts, but its conception of Physical Education.