Relação da capoeira com a aprendizagem escolar infantil: olhares da prática pedagógica

Abstract

The general objective of the present study was to analyze the teachers' perception about the practice of capoeira and its relationship with children's school learning. To accomplish this goal, we use as goals: to investigate what teachers of the public network understand about capoeira and its relationship with school learning; to identify in the teaching perspective the possible contributions of capoeira to the human and social formation of children and to discuss capoeira as an expression of non-formal education within schools. Capoeira constitutes an Afro-Brazilian sociocultural manifestation, is represented as an element of resistance and carries in its roots expressions of struggle and struggle against exploitation. In addition to these aspects, it is a facilitator of school teaching / learning by considering the various domains of child development, such as cognitive, psychomotor, affective and historical / social in which the subjects are inserted. This is a qualitative research and to collect the data we used a sociodemographic questionnaire and a semi-structured interview script. The participants were 11 teachers from the municipal public network of the city of João Pessoa-PB. Therefore, the results show that most teachers conceive capoeira as a sport and that the practice of capoeira contributes to school learning, especially with regard to cognitive aspects, helping in concentration, discipline and interaction among students. The data show that this practice also contributes to the construction of less conflictive relationships in the classroom and helps children develop.