Educação física escolar e multiculturalismo: possibilidades pedagógicas

Abstract

School and Physical Education have always had difficulty to deal and to spread the manifestation of the differences and to give value to it. The aim of this work is to analyze the interfaces between school Physical Education and multiculturalism, presenting some intervention suggestions for the primary education. A bibliographic review was conducted on the issue searching an understanding on the pedagogic practice of the Physical Education professional, pointing some possible approaches. In order to change such pattern it was suggested the following: not to face the discrimination and prejudice superficially, but instead, to highlight the discriminating issue and to encourage reflection on it, not forgetting the curricular content; to value the different spontaneous cultural manifestations and to propose situations in which different cultures are shown and challenged; to use the inclusion principle; to reflect about the own action; to choose and to contextualize the contents in a diversified way; to evaluate the students attitude towards the difference respect; to propose interdisciplinary projects to reduce the discrimination practices, considering the cultural reality of the school.