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EXPERIENCE OF COOPERATIVE GAMES: A STRATEGY FOR INCLUSION IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION CLASSES IN THE FINAL YEARS OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Physical Education School. Cooperative Games. Inclusion.

This work has as its theme the experience of the Cooperative Games applied to School Physical Education. Considering the low adherence of the students in the Physical Education classes especially when arriving in the final years of the Basic Education, in which the exclusion becomes even more noticeable for the reason of the student not following a pattern of movement expected by the sports techniques in the Physical Education, or difficulty to socialize with the rest of the class. Do you have as a matter of study how the experience of cooperative games can contribute to the inclusion of students in Physical Education classes in the final years of Elementary Education, regardless of their motor skills? To carry out this study we elaborate how its general objective is to experience the possibilities of application of cooperative games as methodological strategy of inclusion in the Physical Education education, in the final years of the Fundamental Education and specifying the following specific objectives: Identify students' prior knowledge of cooperative games and exclusion situations in Physical Education classes; Apply a unit of teaching on cooperative and semi-cooperative games in two classes of 7th year, aiming to raise awareness of the principles of inclusion, Build and apply a cooperative gincana between the two classes, in a collective way, in which the principles of inclusion are present, presenting the meanings of this personal experience of inclusion for each participant. As a theoretical reference we develop the following items Education, School and School Physical Education, The process of inclusion in school Physical Education and the cooperative approach of teaching and the Cooperative Games. As methodological aspects we opt for the participant research, we choose two classes of the Fundamental Education final years of the Municipal School Deputy Djalma Marine with 60 students in total, we use the following data collection tools two questionnaires with open and closed questions one at the beginning and one at the end of the teaching unit, and participant observation. As an educational product we should present a trail containing possibilities of Cooperative and Semi-Cooperative Games, to share with teachers in the area of this knowledge. We hope that the study will bring contributions to teachers and new elements for the JC approach in Physical School Education.