Body, movement and childhood: an analysis of the interfaces between educational policies for Early Childhood Education and Physical Education

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https://doi.org/10.47197/retos.v45i0.91563

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body, moviment, childhood, Physical Education, Early Childhood Education

Abstract

This study describes and analyzes the place that body, movement and physical education occupy in the curriculum prescriptions for Early Childhood Education in the city of Vitória, focusing their interfaces with the discussions that take place in the academic level of the debate. Methodologically, it carries out a documentary research and has as source the documents: A Educação Infantil do Município de Vitória: um outro olhar (2006) e Diretrizes Curriculares Educação Infantil de Vitória/ES (2020). The results found allow us to state that the perspectives of working with the children's body and movement in the analyzed documents represent an advance in the debate on the role of Physical Education in Early Childhood Education. Considering that, in addition to recognizing body language as one of the essential languages ​​for working with children, and aligning the current conceptions of childhood and early childhood education, they constitute proposals elaborated in co-authorship with the teachers of the Child education.

Author Biographies

Maria Celeste Rocha, Federal University of Espirito Santo

Degree in Education from the Federal University of Viçosa (2008). He holds a Master's Degree in Physical Education from the Graduate Program in Physical Education at the Federal University of Espírito Santo (2011). She is currently a doctoral student in the Postgraduate Program in Physical Education at UFES. She works as a Physical Education Teacher in Early Childhood Education at the Municipality of Vitória-ES. He is a member of the LESEF/UFES Study Group.

Felipe Quintão de Almeida, Federal University of Espirito Santo

Degree in Physical Education from the Federal University of Espírito Santo (UFES). Master in Education from the Federal University of Santa Catarina (2007). Doctorate in Education from the same institution (2009). Postdoctoral fellow at Strathclyde University, Glasgow/Scotland (2018-2019). He is a full professor at UFES and coordinator of the Postgraduate Program in Physical Education at the Federal University of Espírito-Santo (2020-2022).

Alberto Moreno Doña, University of Valparaíso - Chile

Professor at the University of Valparaíso, Chile. His areas of scientific interest revolve around three main themes: Decoloniality and Critical Education, Early Childhood Education and Complexity, School Motricity and Good Living. He is a professor of Physical Education at the University of Valencia, Spain. Master in Latin American Studies, mention in Philosophy, from the University of La Serena, Chile, and Dr. in Education from the University of Granada, Spain.

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2022-06-21

How to Cite

Rocha, M. C., Almeida, F. Q. de, & Doña, A. M. (2022). Body, movement and childhood: an analysis of the interfaces between educational policies for Early Childhood Education and Physical Education. Retos, 45, 75–86. https://doi.org/10.47197/retos.v45i0.91563

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Vol. 45 (2022)

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Monográfico. Physical Education Thought from Childhood

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