TRUANCY AND STUDENTS’ DISINTEREST IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION LESSONS

Abstract

In this study, the truancy and students’ disinterest in Physical Education lessons are broached. We stress some of the proposals to fight the truancy in Brazil (e.g. the school education by cycles and Bolsa Escola [School Grant] programme) and the goals that such investments achieved. Concerning the disinterest, we can think on the problem considering the perceptions including (a) economic and social subjects affecting the school education process, e.g. the need to work for family necessities, (b) internal school matters, e.g. how to organise and structure the school, especially the correlation of the selected education contents to compose the Physical Education syllabus with the previous experiences of students.

Keywords: Truancy - School Disinterest - Physical Education