PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES 1st to 4th GRADE: EMPHASIZING SOCIAL BEHAVIOR OF STUDENTS IN THE SCHOOL CONTEXT

Abstract

This article presents the results of a pedagogical physical education focusing on the development of recreationalactivities from 1st to 4th grade, emphasizing the social behavior of students. Different authors recognize the importance ofrecreational activities in the educational context, War (1996), Kishimoto (1998), Cavallari (2001), Santin (2001). The researchmethodology was action research, which according to Thiollent (1985) quoted by Gil (1999) aims to achieve results that areunderstood in close connection with an action or to solve a problem, where teachers and students are involved to collaborate,inform and / or share knowledge. The overall objective of the study was to provide multiple and significant experience inrecreational activities, focusing on improvements in social behavior of students in the school context. Specifically we sought tohave classes that promote the effective participation of students, leaving them to conquer their own forms of expression withoutbeing tied to models or performers. For the development of physical education classes used the constructivist approach (Freire,2003) which seeks to students through their knowledge and skills to overcome their limits, their ability to self-determination andcoodetermination in teaching, seeking to form a subject able to interact, relate and live in the social context in a positive way. Thesubjects were students from 1st to 4th grades, ranging from 6 to 12 years, and the sample of approximately 145 students at aschool in the state education system in Lages, SC. You can see that recreational activities can contribute to building a school anda more pleasant childhood, richer meanings, and that effectively contributes to the improvement of the social behaviors ofstudents.