THE SCHOOL PHYSICAL EDUCATION CURRICULUM FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF BEACH BODY CULTURE

Abstract

The vast Brazilian coastline is considerably the stage for multiple bodily manifestations. The beach is undoubtedly the field where these manifestations occur, which gives meaning, in fact, to the existence of a beach culture. Considering this reality, the objective of this study is to verify how much of this culture served as a basis for the composition of the theoretical references constructed in each state, based on the federal organization of the BNCC, whose national participation strategy allowed each federated entity to present its own culture in the form of school content. The method used to give consistency to this work was documentary analysis from a qualitative perspective, considering as the object of study the curricular references of 17 Brazilian states developed after the approval of the BNCC, in 2018. The data collected, treated descriptively through content analysis, showed that only three state curricula timidly presented beach bodily practices in their structures. Thus, this evidence, which is still very incipient, was not sufficient to consolidate positive outcomes that would actually contribute to the promotion of existing practices or to the engagement of a curricular proposal based on the valorization of beach culture. In short, the curricular references of the Brazilian coast still do not value the culture itself, the culture of the beach, the culture in which Brazilian schools are inserted, the culture of beach body practices, carried out by students in their social context.