A Educação Física no Instituto Federal Sul-rio-grandense: desenvolvimento da autonomia do(a) educando(a)

Abstract

The main objective of the research was to analyze if the Physical Education (PE) classes of the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Rio Grande do Sul (IFSul) contribute to the development of the student's autonomy. This is a qualitative research, of a case study type, where the case investigated are the teachers of PE of IFSul, who in their pedagogical practices develop the autonomy of the student. To delimit the participants, the following steps were taken: 1) a questionnaire, sent through Google Forms, with questions to characterize the teachers' profile; 2) interviews with those who were working in regular PE classes at EMI, effective and within six to fifteen years of experience in the institution. In the interviews it was possible to identify four teachers who showed a reflective practice and regarding to the concepts of autonomy in Paulo Freire. . After these teachers were identified, in average, seven observations of their pedagogical practices were made. For a better systematization and analysis of the collected data, we chose to write the results in four studies. The first study is a state of the art, used some national journals in the area, on the subject in question, which made it possible to know the academic production in some PE journals, in studies whose scope was related to the school perspective. The second study describes the profile of the teachers, where, through a descriptive quantitative analysis, it was possible to know more precisely who are the teachers working at IFSul. The third study aimed to understand, from IFSul PE teachers, the possibilities of developing the autonomy of students in the regular PE classes of EMI. Finally, the fourth study highlights elements presented in the pedagogical practices of PE teachers that enable the development of the student’s autonomy and that contribute to the formation of reflective, critical and active individuals, promoting training that prepares them for the world of work and educates a citizen. With this research we confirm the thesis that the IFSul PE classes, enable the development of the student's autonomy, in the sense of a human formation, in agreement to what is posted in the item III of the article 35 of the Law of Guidelines and Bases of National Education (LDB), contribute to the appreciation of PE as a curricular component of the institution EMI. Reinforcing its importance for the formation of the human being, as stated in the pedagogical project of IFSul.