SPORT, HEALTH, AND PEDAGOGICAL PRACTICE IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION

The study is a part of master thesis, and their aim was to comprehend the relation between sport and health in the pedagogical practices from Physical Education professionals working in the context of the non-training of athletes. It means, at the locals where the sports' competitions and professionalization do not be its main intention. Thus, the sport apart from high-performance. For that, a descriptive research of qualitative approach was carried out with nine Physical Education professionals working in a Municipal Sports Department of a municipality of Baixada Santista, region of Sao Paulo state, Brazil. As a data collection instrument, semi-structured interviews were conducted from two aspects: the significance of sport to people life in relation to health, and; b) the possibilities of the pedagogical practice in relation to sports and health as teaching subject. Data analysis was performed by non-aprioristic categories. As a result, the Physical Education professionals understood the sport as: a) a health promoter; b) strategy of socialization, and; c) synonym for health. Regarding to the possibilities of working with the health theme we found that this occurred through guidance to residents. Thus, we concluded that there is a simplistic view on sport-health binomial in the Physical Education pedagogical practice context.