The curricular identity of Physical Education: New perspective

Since its establishment as a compulsory curricular component, the area of Physical Education in Brazil, has gone through several changes that made difficult the structuring of its curricular identity; as evidenced by its presence as a member of the language area in the new National Common Curricular Base, fact that has caused controversy among researchers/educators. Considering this scenario, the role of Physical Education in schools has been questioned as a curricular component for the student formation. Assuming that health education will present good results, the research proposal is to analyse the need to promote a curricular complementation for teachers in the area of Physical Education. The research will involve academics and professors of Pedagogy from a private university and the ones of Physical Education from the Federal University of Mato Grosso campus, whose participation will occur through individual and collective interviews (focus groups) integrated and by area. It will also be carried out, the analysis of the curricular proposals of the mentioned courses, classic and systematic bibliographic review, and observation of Physical Education classes in the public school system of Barra do Gargas municipality in Mato Grosso state. It is expected that the participating educators will point out the difficulties found in the teaching practice of Physical Education and perhaps the need for a complementary training, through continuing education focused on health education, which would give a new horizon to Physical Education as a curricular component.