A capoeira como conteúdo de ensino da educação física escolar

Abstract

The present study seeks to bring new perspectives on Capoeira as a teaching content pertaining to the theme Fights, in Physical Education classes at school, addressing its cultural and historical meaning and meaning, expressed from its historical origins in its relationship with African culture. We ask as a research problem: what knowledge is treated in Capoeira as teaching content in Physical Education at school in academic productions? To this end, we have as a general objective: to analyze Capoeira as a teaching content of school Physical Education in Elementary School in academic productions. And we define as specific objectives: to identify the importance of Capoeira as knowledge in school Physical Education from its history, and to analyze the content related to Capoeira treated in curricular policies in Elementary School of state public schools in Pernambuco. To this end, we did a bibliographic research on Capoeira at school. As conclusions, the theoretical framework and the analyzed research informed us about the validity of Capoeira in its multiple dimensions, to be experienced as a content of school Physical Education, considering: its sense and meaning, its codes of values and rituals, its historicity , its contribution to integral education, its relationship with sport, with games, with dance.