Temáticas em saúde na prática pedagógica dos professores de educação física de Maceió/AL

Abstract

At Brazil, the teaching of health topics is one of the responsibilities of the Physical Education teacher, already mentioned in the National Curriculum Parameters, in National School Health Program and in National Curricular Common Base. The aim of this study was to identify and classify the frequence that health’s themes was adress for physical education teachers at schools of Maceió. Quantitative and cross-sectional study. The frequence data was stratified through the semi-structured questionnaire of multiple-choice questions in likert scale. The sample consisted of 41 teachers. The results were analyzed using descriptive statistics. The frequencies of the dimensions were classified as regular, the physical dimension of the health presented higher scores; and the mental, social and spiritual dimensions showed lower scores. It is concluded that most of these teachers may be viewing health through a hygienist lens because they present a better frequency of teaching in biophysiological topics needing like this to be better in other dimensions that include health and its determining factors.