ABOUT THE INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF THE OLD AGE: A CHALLENGE FOR PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Abstract

In this essay we discussed about the old age and its process of institutionalization analyzing the construction of the social identity of the elderly and their segregation in a society educated for work and by consumption. When they find themselves deprived of their function in a society based on capital, the elderly also lose the possibilities of re-signifying their own life. In this sense, we understand that it is fundamental to problematize the questions in the academic field of Physical Education considering that it concerns to a social or a pedagogical practice, that could promote meetings with the purpose of shared actions, forming bondings and, above all, producing health and life.