Gymnastics, Hygiene and Eugenics in Brazil at the Turn of the Twentieth Century

Góis, Edivaldo

doi:10.1080/09523367.2013.854776

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“…For a growing number of children, school is the main environment for participating in PA through either PE school programs or after-school activities (Musangeya et al, 2000). It is well-established that regular participation in PA (especially in relation to children) ensures a longer and better quality of life, as well as a decrease in the probability of contracting a variety of diseases such as coronary heart disease and obesity (Musangeya et al, 2000;Góis Junior, 2014). There are however a number *Corresponding author.…”

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Challenges in promoting physical education and sport activities in Zimbabwean primary and secondary schools

Gouws¹,

Tafireyi²,

Millard³

et al. 2020

J. Phys. Educ. Sport Manag.

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Physical activity specifically in relation to Physical Education (PE) forms a crucial part of total education of primary and secondary school learners. The aim of this paper is to explore various challenges in promoting PE and sport activities in Zimbabwean primary and secondary schools. This paper reviewed and content examined curriculum documents for the determination and identification of the challenges of teaching PE in Zimbabwean primary and secondary schools as well as possible solutions for the identified challenges. Content breakdown identified main thematic areas which can clarify the challenges educators face in teaching PE in various Zimbabwean schools. There is need to be an increase in the knowledge of the teachers and the learners, and to see the important benefits of PE.

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Challenges in promoting physical education and sport activities in Zimbabwean primary and secondary schools

Gouws¹,

Tafireyi²,

Millard³

et al. 2020

J. Phys. Educ. Sport Manag.

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“…Esses temas eram também preocupações constantes no Brasil, que podem ser percebidas nos estudos de GóisJúnior (2003Júnior ( , 2013Júnior ( , 2014aJúnior ( , 2014b;Gondra (2000Gondra ( , 2003;Marques (1994),Sevcenko (2018), dentre outros.…”

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Tratado pratico de gymnastica sueca de L. G. Kumlien: itinerários de um manual no Brasil (1895-1933)

Baía

Bonifácio

Moreno

2019

Rev. bras. hist. educ.

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O presente estudo teve como objetivo identificar os processos de circulação no Brasil da obra Tratado pratico de gymnastica sueca, de L. G. Kumlien. Para isso, foi necessário rastrear a trajetória e as ações realizadas por seu autor. Kumlien, sueco, medico-gymnasta, que se muda para Paris em 1895, onde realiza diferentes movimentos para a divulgação da ginástica sueca, dentre eles, a escrita de manuais. O Tratado é uma obra que foi tomada como material didático, no Brasil, até meados dos anos 1930. Circulou, foi lido e serviu de orientação para a constituição de uma educação do corpo. Esse estudo contribui para a compreensão das formas pelas quais a ginástica sueca adentrou o país, particularmente por meio de manuais. As fontes mobilizadas foram os manuais e jornais brasileiros e franceses

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“…By the first decade of the 20 th century, in keeping with concepts at the heart of positivism, influential figures in medical-intellectual debates were encouraging the new Republican state to introduce physical exercise to schools and military institutions to improve the physical health of individuals (Góis, 2014) and, thereby, of the nation. One such figure was the writer and physician Afrânio Peixoto, whose opinion carried particular weight: Peixoto had been Public Health Inspector in Rio de Janeiro (1902-04) before being elected to the Brazilian Academy of Letters in 1910.…”

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