PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SPORTS IN BRAZIL IN THE FIRST EDITIONS OF JERGS
HISTORICAL INTERPRETATIONS
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5216/rpp.v26.74443Keywords:
School competitions, School Physical Education, Extracurricular sport, Sport HistoryAbstract
The Jogos Escolares do Rio Grande do Sul (JERGS) are a sporting event promoted by the Secretaria da Educação do Rio Grande do Sul (SEDUC) which, at the present time, is aimed at students from public schools in the state. The first initiatives for the creation of JERGS took place in 1970, when Brazil was going through the political period of the Military Dictatorship (1964-1985). At the time, the event was called Campeonato Escolar Gaúcho (CEG). Therefore, this research aimed to understand what sports model hovered over Physical Education during the implementation of the CEG in the state of Rio Grande do Sul in the 1970. From analyzed sources, we found that JERGS have characteristics and cultural representations inherent to the political situation in which they were implemented.