DANCE IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION: PROPOSED KNOWLEDGE IN INITIAL TRAINING

Abstract

This study aimed to identify the knowledge about Dance considered important in the training of professionals in Physical Education in the State of Mato Grosso, in the opinion of the teachers responsible for their teaching. The research of qualitative approach, of the descriptive type, adopted as an instrument a questionary, answered by the teachers responsible for the teaching of Dance, delimited to the degree courses that sometimes appear as content, now as a discipline. We observe that teachers understand how important it is for academics to know and learn elements that make dance more present in school, as well as being more pedagogically valued, based on the experiences in their formation.