Compreensão da dança swingueira entre alunos do Curso de Bacharelado em Educação Física da UFPB

Abstract

The Axé and the Pagode Baiano have always been elements present in the cultural composition of Brazil, Swingueira is designed as the dance corresponding to these elements. Through personal experiences and the observation of Swingueira dance as a field belonging also to the area of Physical Education this research took shape. Their approach and knowledge through this specific nomenclature was the central pursuit among the participating students, in this sense, in view of the growing expression of swinging dance, we propose to investigate the comprehension of students of the baccalaureate degree in Physical Education on this theme. The methodological approach used in the study was the qualitative research of the descriptive type, of transversal cut. The population was composed of UFPB students of Physical Education, while the sample consisted of active students of the baccalaureate degree in Physical Education of the Federal University of Paraíba, between the first and last semester of the course. The final 73 responses were obtained through a virtual questionnaire launched on the Google platform for 30 days, online. After the analysis of the answers and their contents it was clear that Swingueira was already known significantly among the students of the course. It was also observed the participation of the same in groups of the modality and the knowledge of the correlated terms approached, Axé and Pagode Baiano. Swingueira is understood as a field of professional action of the Bachelor in Physical Education and presents itself to the students as content clearly belonging to our work area. The participants also expressed interest and curiosity about a possible deepening of this theme.