A prática da capoeira nos grupos da cidade de Santa Maria - RS: dimensões trabalhadas

Abstract

The present work is placed in the research line of the Human Movement Pedagogy department, pertaining to the specialization course of the Stricto Sensu Program in Human Movement Science and Research of the Federal University of Santa Maria. Primordially this study was a way to give voice to the capoeira teachers, without distinguishing them in relation to their degree or level of importance. The pedagogical knowledge of these teachers, through their speak during the classes, prove that they contemplate the following aspects: affectivity, solidarity, respect for the next one, self confidence, exercise of the moral judgement capacity, technical performance in the ginga and other capoeira's movements, balance and force as motor dexterities, and emphasis in sociability and interpersonal relations. As these are fundamental questions in the learning process, they deserve prominence in this work. The main goal consisted in perceiving how they used to perform their work with capoeira. The qualitative approach was choosen as metodology, because it provided a bigger proximity with the sample population of this research. And the interview as an instrument of data collection consecrated the importance of its contents, allowing academic and capoeira's sympathetical people to increase their vision and knowledge about it. Besides, the capoeira teachers, as they expose their way of thinking about the interview topics, could have the chance to know theirselves better as teachers. The conclusion states that capoeira has a considerable educacional potential in all the aspects of learning.