Projetos sociais e esporte: significados da prática pedagógica de educação física

Abstract

This paper aims to analyze the contributions that sport presents in the context of the formation of children and adolescents inserted in the social project „ADEF-Sports Association hope in the future‟, identifying sport as a cultural phenomenon and as a social right. According to Thomassim (2010) sports social projects have been analyzed from two perspectives: apologist and critic. The apologist perspective understands that they would be able to provide social benefits such as social integration, education, fighting violence and crime, disciplining, preventing drug use, promoting health and building a better future. The critical perspective emphasizes possible negative aspects of these projects. She criticizes a supposed transfer of responsibilities from the state to civil society. It also criticizes their lack of capacity to promote effective social integration, the emphasis of these projects on promoting competitive and non-collaborative rationality and their attempt to depoliticize access to social rights. In this sense, we used the qualitative research as a reference, interviewing the project teacher (ADEF), social project of the Santo Amaro neighborhood, Recife-PE, which serves socially vulnerable children and adolescents. Thus, seeking to broaden the vision beyond the appearances of the phenomenon, we recognize that sport, in the context of social projects, has a great possibility of contributing to the educational formation of children and adolescents, since the intentionality of the project and those who develop the classes. , whether in a way that seeks to transform reality through meanings and meanings for project students, seeking to expand opportunities.