Culture, Languages and Body Practices in Guiding Documents and Educational Repositories for Physical Education: from the Theoretical Model and Academic Production to Practices

Abstract

Introduction: Appropriation and use of body movement culture are set for various human purposes and contributes to a confident and authorial students’ participation in society. That is the reason the information from documents guiding education is investigated on cultural practices linked to the body for Physical Education

Objective: To collect information from guiding documents of education about cultural practices linked to the body for Physical Education and how academic production has been in journal portals and educational repositories.

Methods: The conception of body cultural practices is verified in the National Curriculum Parameters (PCN) and in the National Common Curricular Base (BNCC) and then, the subject is searched in portals of journals such as Capes, Scielo and Google Scholar, in addition to the publication of lesson plans on the subject in educational repositories, such as Nova Escola and Portal do Professor.

Results: On the one hand, there was a significant increase in the theoretical treatment of the subject, as shown in the results found in electronic portals of journals. On the other hand, regarding practice, there is still a gap in relation to the didactic or para didactic material available in educational repositories.

Conclusion: For future research, it is recommended to verify in Pedagogical Projects of Physical Education Courses how much there is and how issues of body culture of movement are debated for physical educators to develop inclusive approaches that respect and value cultural diversity.