Gosto, importância e participação de meninas e meninos na educação física no ensino médio

• Published in: Educación Física y Ciencia Vol. 23; no. 1; p. e158
• Main Authors: So, Marcos Roberto, Martins, Mariana Zuaneti, Gilson Santos Rodrigues, Prodócimo, Elaine, Tatiana Zuardi Ushinohama, Betti, Mauro
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; Portuguese
• Published: Ensenada Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educacion 01.01.2021
• Subjects: Gender differences; Gender equity; Physical education; Secondary school students; Student participation
• ISSN: 1514-0105; 2314-2561
• DOI: 10.24215/23142561e158

The aim of this study is to understand, from the student’s perspective, the interference of gender marker in High School students in relation to Physical Education (PE). This is a descriptive study with 94 boys and 88 girls from 8 public schools of São Paulo State (Brazil), which raised information on preference, importance and participation in PE classes, through the application of a structured questionnaire. The results indicate that boys give greater importance to like and participate more in the class than girls. However, it is not possible to say that girls dislike it, do not participate and do not give importance to it. Research in the literature shows that the participation of students in PE, beyond preference, is associated with the obligation or via “subversive obedience” in the ambiguous school environment, with explicit speeches of equal conditions and implicit gender segregationist practices. On the other hand, the implicit environment supports the “colonization” of boys in PE classes. We conclude that teachers (men and women) are the ones who can problematize inequality and assist students to establish gender equity PE.