A CRITICAL LOOK AT THE PHYSICAL EDUCATION DISCIPLINE IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF JUAZEIRO DO NORTE SOBRE A DISCIPLINA EDUCAÇÃO FÍSICA NAS ESCOLAS PÚBLICAS DE JUAZEIRO DO NORTE - CE, BRASIL

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: In the past, Physical education was restricted to Education in schools, however, it has branched out to Physical Activity, Health, Leisure, ulture. OBJECTIVE: To analyze the students', teachers' and directors' perception about Physical education (EF) in the school environment. METHODOLOGY:  A traverse, random, probabilistic field study, composed of 4 directors, 61 teachers, 7 teachers of Physical Education and 44 students who were submitted to the questionnaire elaborated by the researcher, with a scale of very high importance (1), very important (2), important (3), little importance (4), without importance (5) and not considered (6). The analytical plan used the package SPSS version 13.00, for calculation of percentile. RESULTS: In the question, "what is Physical Education for you", 93,2% of the students considered the Competition / Performance / improvement of the physical (CDAMCF) capacities of important to very high importance; 55,8% integration / Group / socialization (IGS), 61,3% Leisure / public politics/ use (LPPA) without importance, 63,7% don't consider Recreation / games and popular (RJBP) games, 100% consider very high importance the practice of Physical Education in the school; As for the teachers: 96,3% consider Physical Education important to very high importance for the student's life, 94,4% games; As for the professionals of Physical Education: 71,4% don't prioritize CDAMCF in the class planning, 71,4% consider little importance to without importance LPPA, 85,7 find important to very important RJBP and 100% has as an objective of the practice IGS and thinks there is little respect for this profession in the schools; As for the directors: 100% find very important the discipline in the  curriculum and 100% consider the participation of professionals of Physical Education  intense to very intense, and 50% believe that they should participate in the activities in the school. CONCLUSIONS: Students, teachers and professionals of Physical Education consider the discipline on the same level of important to very high importance, and the directors, in spite of considering important don't define it as indispensable in the school environment.