Atividades corporais e qualidade de vida: o desafio da educação física atual nas escolas

Abstract

This work had as its theme the study of bodily activities and quality of life while challenging the current physical education in schools, given that the concepts of discipline gone through many transformations and prints contemporary society needs and values questionable. Currently, the cult of the body overlaps the needs of practicing exercises only to combat sedentary lifestyle, however, many teens still spend a lot of time without performing physical activities at school giving the mandate to encourage and train young to understand the meaning of physical activities and balanced diet, especially during development. The objective of this study is to present the activities of Physical Education as a relevant factor in the quality of life of the student, meeting the standards of health, physical culture and socialization for both analyzes concepts, motivates leisure activities and socialization, encourages physical activity, enhancing the culture, customs and healthy hygiene habits. The research method is qualiquantitativo and beyond the theoretical research conducted a survey with students from 1st year of high school State Center for Professional Education Manoel Moreira Pena of Foz do Iguaçu. Finally, the study showed that teenagers have enough clarity about the validity of performing exercises to achieve health, this demonstrates that physical education plays its role in enlightening school.