Banca de DEFESA: PEDRO HENRIQUE CLAUDINO DE SOUZA

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STUDENT : PEDRO HENRIQUE CLAUDINO DE SOUZA
DATE: 24/08/2026
TIME: 09:00
LOCAL: SEROPÉDICA
TITLE:

Body Literacy and Literacy in School Physical Education: A participant observation applied from the perspective of Margaret Whitehead.

KEY WORDS:

Body literacy; literacy; interdisciplinarity

PAGES: 75
BIG AREA: Ciências da Saúde
AREA: Educação Física
SUMMARY:

This study investigated how bodily practices grounded in Physical Literacy (PL) can mobilize
motor, affective, cognitive, and social dimensions in first-grade elementary school children, while
also reflecting on potential connections between these experiences and school learning processes.
Based primarily on the concept of Physical Literacy proposed by Margaret Whitehead and the
guidelines of the National Common Curricular Base (BNCC), the study employed a qualitative,
applied approach using participant observation as the research method. The research was
conducted with a first-grade class at a public school in the municipality of São Gonçalo (RJ); the
intervention procedure consisted of a didactic sequence comprising four Physical Education

lessons organized around the thematic unit of "Play and Games." Data collection involved semi-
structured interviews with the classroom teacher, field journal entries, photographs, and audio

recordings and transcripts of the activities. Data analysis was guided by the Content Analysis
method proposed by Bardin. The results showed that the bodily experiences provided by the
didactic sequence fostered manifestations of motivation, confidence, motor competence, and
interaction with the environment, thereby increasing student participation in the proposed
activities. Reflections shared by the classroom teacher also indicated connections between the
bodily experiences in Physical Education classes and aspects of school learning—specifically
regarding spatial organization, communication, autonomy, social interaction, and the children's
participation in the school context. The study concludes that Physical Literacy represents a
significant perspective for pedagogical planning in school Physical Education, fostering
meaningful bodily experiences and contributing to the students' holistic development; while it does
not assign the discipline direct responsibility for literacy processes, it recognizes its potential to
engage with other areas of knowledge within the context of the early years of elementary
education.

 

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Interno - 2939376 - ALDAIR JOSE DE OLIVEIRA
Interna - 1036408 - CAMILA BORGES RIBEIRO
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