O papel da educação física nas políticas públicas e o processo de inclusão escolar

Abstract

Inclusion is a process that has long been discussed nationally in schools, where students with disabilities are increasingly included in the regular classes. Through the public policies that govern the guarantee of these students with disabilities in the regular classes, Physical Education also plays an important role in this inclusion process. In this sense, through physical education, the inclusion process should provide the student with full participation in the activities, having positive experiences in class. The present research aims to verify and analyze, from the public policies of the area, the concepts and methods of Physical Education in relation to students with disabilities, as well as the transformation of the area from the past to the present day, through the referential bibliography of Physical Education. The methodology was based on a theoretical and bibliographical research, based on personal interest and the need to expand knowledge about the evolution that Physical Education had in the area of Special Education, so that everyone can have the knowledge of how our area has been addressed to people with disabilities. It was concluded that, through any apparatus of public policies governing Physical Education and special education, the inclusion of students with disabilities in the Physical Education classes should occur in a meaningful way for the student, and that the latter may interact with his / her students. colleagues through the socialization that Physical Education provides as well as for their motor and cognitive development.