THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PHYSICAL EDUCATION IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND INITIAL SERIES: A STUDY AT THE ENCHANTED COUNTY – RS

Abstract

A key feature of physical education in school is to educate through movement, contributing to the development of every student's potential, combining physical, mental and social. This study of exploratory descriptive character, aims to describe the characteristics of physical education in elementary schools and in the early grades of elementary school, four schools in the municipality of Encantado - RS. They were subjected to this study, 20 female teachers, who work in preschool to fifth grade of elementary school, 108 students 8-11 years old, students Encantado - RS, totaling 128 individuals. Through the data collected in this study we point out that 40% of teachers believe that the primary function of physical education is to work the whole, physical and mental, respecting rules and limits. His students, 36.1% said the most important aspect is to develop the health, integration and movement. 35% of teachers and 27.1% of students believe that school physical education influences in life in order to stimulate sports. Interdisciplinary was cited by only 15% of teachers and 22.1% of students questioned the relationship with other disciplines. It concludes that physical education is present in the reality of all those surveyed, reporting great satisfaction by the students in their school physical practices, and falling short as interdisciplinarity, which can not remain only in theory and books, should be used as an important weapon in working with children. Since physical education search in this school year, according to a study to be beyond the sports practice, which is not suitable for this age group, seeks to develop skills through play to reach the maximum possibilities of the students, which is under development.