BULLYING IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION CLASSES

Authors

  • Fernanda Ramos Parreira Faculdade Araguaia
  • Jéssika Silvério Rodrigues Faculdade Araguaia

Keywords:

Bullying, Physical Education, School Violence.

Abstract

This research intends to analyze how Physical Education classes can help in avoiding the practice of bullying. This study provides reflections and discussions, aiming to improve the participation and the intervention of educational institutions. The objective of this research is to understand how Physical Education classes can contribute in the prevention and reduction of bullying in school environment, once it is important to be aware of the consequences that such phenomenon can bring to society. This quali-quantitative research obtained its data through an interview with a private institution teaching in the city of Goiânia and by analysis of secondary information in governmental data banks, such as PenSE 2016 (Pesquisa Nacional de Saúde na Escola). Bullying among students is a complex problem, there are no simple solutions for their reduction, and their acts are present in all schools. The most recent Brazilian survey are presented in the PenSE (2016) and show the most present bullying in relationships between boys (7.6%) and in relationships among girls (7.2%). From this study it is considered that there is a substantive influence of the sport in the school scope. And sometimes physical education professionals work focusing only on physical abilities, and thus, make physical education generate the segregation and exclusion of those considered "unfit" to certain sports modalities, thus promoting bullying in classes . It is fundamental more effective training and interventionist processes to deal with violence in the school context, especially to bullying.

Author Biographies

Fernanda Ramos Parreira, Faculdade Araguaia

Docente do curso de Educação Física da Faculdade Araguaia, Doutoranda no Programa de Pós-graduação em Sociologia - UFG, Mestre em Ciência Política - UFG.

Jéssika Silvério Rodrigues, Faculdade Araguaia

Discente do curso de Educação Física da Faculdade Araguaia

Published

2017-05-12

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