Body Culture in the Physical Education Course of the Federal University of Ceará

Abstract

This research aims to investigate the body culture present in the curriculum of the physical education degree course at a federal university. To achieve this goal, authors such as Daolio, Neira and Silva were discussed with regard to the body culture present in the physical educator's training curriculum and in its practice. Thus, the paths taken allowed us to formulate the questions that served as a starting point for this investigation: how is body culture present in the curriculum structure of the physical education degree course at a federal university in the Northeast? In this context, the conception of the body and the pedagogical practices present in the curricula of the degree course in physical education at a federal university in the Northeast were investigated. For that, we use the qualitative approach of exploratory research. Exploratory research aims mainly at the development, clarification and modification of concepts and ideas, as well as the formulation of better defined problems or searchable assumptions for future studies. The results of this study point to the construction of a new body culture that leads educators, teachers and managers to rethink the pedagogical practice that has been developed in the physical education course. This means taking into account not only the instrumental aspects of the teaching-learning process, but also how students' subjectivity is processed. Thus, the teacher-student relationship can be worked from the deepening of themes that may clarify possible limitations or errors.