A atividade física relacionada à saúde nos cursos de formação de professores de educação física das universidades públicas do estado do Paraná

Abstract

This paper aims to investigate knowledge related to physical activity in health-related courses for physical education teachers of public universities in the State of Paraná. Currently, a significant portion of the population does not practice in everyday life any kind of physical activity. Enriched with the focus on health promotion, physical education act in removing the barriers that prevent people and community well-informed to adopt healthy behaviors. To scale the disciplines related to physical activity in the course documents investigated were employed as a tool for gathering information one Likert scale. Through documentary analysis it was established that the knowledge on the health-related physical activity pervade bit curricula of public universities in the state of Paraná and also the Curriculum Guidelines of Elementary and Secondary Education. In subjects, the menus, the workloads and program content, knowledge directed physical activity are reduced and less prevalent.