Educação física e o desenvolvimento integral da criança: percepções de pedagogas e educação físicos.

Abstract

This research addressed the contributions that Physical Education provides for the child‟s development and how pedagogues and physical education teachers perceive these effects within the discipline, with the aim of understanding the perception of the pedagogues in the Initial Years of Elementary School and physical education teachers regarding the importance of the subject in the development process of students in the Initial Years of Elementary School. The theoretical foundation was built to support the research, in addition to providing learning about human development and how Physical Education is presented in the National Common Curricular Base. The research was designed and structured qualitatively, using a questionnaire to collect the necessary data to understand the teachers' views and opinions on how the discipline contributed to child development and who should teach these classes, with eight participants, consisting of five pedagogues and four physical education teachers, since one teacher holds degrees in both fields, divided across two schools in a city in the high backlands of Paraíba. The data collected were analyzed qualitatively, in line with the nature of the research. Through the analysis, it was concluded that the pedagogues in the Initial Years of Elementary School had a less in-depth understanding of the terms compared to the physical education professionals, but they recognized the importance of the subject for the child‟s development and showed a significant perspective on the benefits of the discipline. All research participants unanimously responded that the physical education professional should be responsible for teaching the subject in the Initial Years of Elementary School, given that their training includes the motor, cognitive, affective, social, and moral aspects necessary for intentional action in lesson planning and execution, even though their presence is optional at this stage of schooling.