RITMOS E MOVIMENTOS A PRESENÇA DA DANÇA NOS ANOS INICIAIS DO ENSINO FUNDAMENTAL

Abstract

ABSTRACT

Dance is considered one of the oldest artistic manifestations in the world. At school, Physical Education classes are a unique opportunity for students to experience “turns”, “steps” and “performances”, which consequently provides countless benefits to students, such as the development of their motor potential, cognitive and affective. Taking as object of study 4 state public schools, located in the city of Januária, North of Minas Gerais, this study describes and interprets the presence of dances in Elementary School I. It is a qualitative, cross-sectional research, whose information was substantiated by na open questionnaire, produced by the authors, with the reference audience being 8 Physical Education teachers. In general terms, the study reveals that dance, perhaps more than expected, is present, with some intensity, in Physical Education classes. All teachers said they used the Minas Gerais Course Plan as a guiding guide for classes, with the facilities and difficulties for its implementation being ambivalently pointed out. Finally, the teachers proposed possibilities for better mastery and development of dance in classes, such as the improvement of teachers through specialized courses.

Keywords: Dance. School. Physical Education. Januária, MG.