O papel do brincar nos anos iniciais do ensino fundamental nas aulas de educação física

Abstract

Playing is part of children’s life and it is a prime way of learning because it allows broad development in many different aspects and also the acquisition of new knowledge. Based on that, this study has the objective of analyze how playing is being offered in physical education classes in the first years of elementary school. The sample was not selected randomly and was composed by 12 physical education teachers, who teach from 1st to 4th grade in Elementary School in the Municipal School system in Canudos neighborhood in the city of Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande do Sul. A questionnaire was used with nine opened and closed questions as a way of getting data to be analyzed. Through it, it was observed that most teachers have been working for up to 5 years in the related grades. All of them work with playing in their classes, and except for one teacher, they consider it important to develop child’s play during physical education classes. The results showed that most teachers develop child’s play related to free activities. Considering the results, it can be said that teachers have showed knowledge about playing and demonstrated knowing important aspects for the development of the children.