O lugar do esporte na Educação Física Escolar: incursões sobre os fundamentos didático-pedagógicos do esporte no Brasil

BACKGROUND: The text presented here is a theoretical and reflective essay aimed at understanding the main aspects of the didactic and pedagogical organization of sports teaching in Brazil, particularly in the school context, examining this phenomenon from both historical and contemporary perspectives. DEVELOPMENT: Among the reflections derived from this endeavor, the essay sought to discuss: the meaning of sport for the social and educational fabric; the main research programs and approaches developed over time in Physical Education and sport; the guidelines from normative documents regarding curriculum composition, planning, and assessment of sports learning.CONCLUSION: Regarding the inferences drawn from the investigated scope, it can be said that sport is one of the most significant expressions of Physical Education, being, therefore, central to school Physical Education. Thus, given its historical, social, and educational relevance, it is well known that sport became the target of scientific investment, especially after the redemocratization of Brazil—a period during which the number of sport teaching approaches and models increased significantly. However, despite the resurgence of these research programs, most focused on problematizing the Physical Education of the past, remaining (un)consciously still subordinated to political intentions that, not infrequently, have little adherence to the internal logic of Physical Education and to contemporary. demands, such as the era of the Anthropocene