Dança na escola: contribuição na formação cidadã

Abstract

A citizen is characterized as a practitioner of citizenship, which, in short, is the one who recognizes his/her civil, political and social rights and duties. It is up to the school institution to contribute, in partnership with society, to the formation of citizens, promoting the exercise of citizenship, providing students with autonomy and critical thinking, supplying tools for the education of the social being, thus allowing each of its students to dominate their own choices. Claiming Dance as part of this education can bring fertile soil for the development of these and other educational goals. This study is justified for proposing a more academic vision about Dance and the importance of its valorization in the area of Physical Education. Besides, it will allow us to present another contribution of Dance present in school education that is still little explored, which would be its contribution in the formation of citizenship. In view of this reflection, the following question was elaborated: can a Dance project in a public school contribute to citizen education? To carry out the proposed study, a Dance project that takes place in a public school in the state of Paraná was chosen. In this environment, an online questionnaire was applied by means of Google Forms, with some people who are or were students of the project, a semi-structured interview by means of Zoom and Google Meets with some teachers of the project, and the use of a field journal for personal notes. Classified as a case study, descriptive and qualitative, the study aims to understand if Dance in public schools can contribute to the formation of citizens, demonstrating the importance of expanding the access to this Art for all, including from the school and the Physical Education professional for the formation of conscious, critical and responsible citizens, helping to understand the contribution of Dance in the formation of citizens. Using the answers obtained, it was possible to relate and perceive the contribution of Dance in the citizenship formation, through the approached themes, the classes’ conduction, the freedom and autonomy offered to the students, among others.