PLAYFULNESS IN SCHOOL PHYSICAL EDUCATION: A LITERATURE REVIEW

Abstract

The present work aims to understand how playfulness has been approached in studies that deal with School Physical Education. It is intended, with this, to investigate, in addition to the number of works on the theme, the focuses given in these works to the role that playfulness has in School Physical Education. To this end, bibliographic surveys were carried out on the CAPES Journal Portal platform aiming to identify works that dealt with School Physical Education and Playfulness. By using these descriptors, 26 studies were initially found. When refining the search, seven papers were selected for full reading and analysis. The results found indicate the importance and need for playfulness inserted in the contents of School Physical Education, which can impact the integral development of students, as well as school performance and performance.