Dancing as an elementary school activity in the vision of Physical Education teachers of the state public school system inMARINGÃ

Abstract

The aim of this study is to analyze the opinion of Physical Education teachers about dancing activities in the first four grades of elementary schools of the state public school system in the municipality of Maringá, state of Paraná. The sample comprised nineteen Physical Education teachers from fifteen of the twenty-nine schools chosen at random in a descriptive research. The data were collected by the researchers through the application of open and guided questionnaires to the teachers after their Physical Education classes. The data were analyzed by the descriptive statistics method. The results showed that the teachers consider that dancing develops the children’s corporal consciousness besides exploring their possibilities of movement. It may also be concluded that lack of theoretical knowledge and of adequate facilities and materials in the schools are the main hampering factors for the teachers to develop dancing activities.