As atividades circenses enquanto conteúdo escolar: a percepção dos acadêmicos do curso de licenciatura em educação física da Universidade Estadual de Goiás (UEG)

Abstract

This work aims to analyze the perception of Physical Education undergraduate students about their capacities regarding the pedagogical practice of circus activities at school. To do this, it took as its starting point the historical aspects of the relationship between Physical Education and circus activities and, later, academic works were analyzed, at master's and doctoral levels, which proposed to investigate in various ways the insertion and/or the development of circus activities through Physical Education in the context of basic education. In the second moment, the objective was to verify how the circus activities are inserted in the degree course in Physical Education of UEG/ESEFFEGO to, finally, identify the perception of the academics of the Physical Education course about their capacities of pedagogical intervention with the circus activities at school, having as a methodological strategy the application of questionnaires. In this way, the perceptions of the undergraduates were verified and how prepared they feel to put this content into practice in schools. Key words: Physical Education at school; circus arts; Circus.