ABSTRACT:
This study aimed to identify and analyse how Physical Education teachers, participants in the continued education process promoted by the Pernambuco state Secretary of Education, define game. For this purpose, we developed a qualitative-descriptive, documental and field study using an open questionnaire and treating the answers content analysis procedure. Regarding the theme, it was possible to identify that teachers presented different concepts about game. The concept of game was also analysed in the official curriculum, which is based on the Critical-Overcoming approach. Most participant teachers understand game based on functional concepts (games as a tool for teaching and as a contribution for the human formation), having the playful as main directive. However, other categories have emerged: motor coordination, interaction/competition, sports, rules, human education. We concluded that a curricular proposal is an important conceptual reference for the teachers and their pedagogical practice. However, the teacher also exerts a certain autonomy when understanding and teaching contents, like the case of game, often causing some conceptual inconsistencies.
Keywords:
Game; School physical education; Playful
