Cultural Physical Education and Governance and Control Practices

Abstract

This research investigated the school practices of governance and control of the bodies, considering the potentialities of what is called the cultural curriculum of Physical Education. The methodology, inspired by the concepts of experimentation, is aligned with the philosophy(s) of difference to produce reports of experiences with the proposal in elementary schools. The analysis of the data produced indicates that the experiences with the cultural perspective of Physical Education do not eliminate practices of governance, regulation and control of the bodies, however, they promote other strategies, potentially, less authoritarian, bureaucratic and coercive, as well as bet on ethical approaches than in moralizing control strategies.