Dança na escola: uma perspectiva para a promoção de saúde de crianças e adolescentes

• Ano de defesa: 2009
• Autor(a) principal: Ferreira, Shirlei Aparecida
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade de Franca; Brasil; Pós-Graduação; Programa de Mestrado em Promoção de Saúde; UNIFRAN
• Palavras-chave em Português: Autoconceito; Dança; Crianças; Adolescentes; Promoção de saúde; CNPQ::CIENCIAS DA SAUDE::SAUDE COLETIVA::SAUDE PUBLICA
• Link de acesso: https://repositorio.cruzeirodosul.edu.br/handle/123456789/633

Dance came up thousands years ago with the primitive man and it was one of the ways of art that followed the culture and the development of people. Dance through its elements, helps the psychomotor development, promotes improvement of the body language,makes possible social and cultural progress and the discovery of potentialities and values. This way, this art promotes the find of the person with himself to direct his feelings and emotions allowing the strengthening of his identity. Dance does not require many resources to practice it and, at school it can be used as a strategy of health promotion, contributing for the education of the citizen and changing life quality for the better. Taking into consideration that self-concept and self- esteem are closely related to life quality, this study got as a goal to investigate if the dance practice can influence upon self-concept and self- esteem. The research observed fifty-four children and teenagers (boys and girls) between nine and sixteen years old that attend elementary school of public schools at Poços de Caldas city. Self-concept was analyzed before and after the dancing program through the Scale of Self-Concept of Children and Teenagers de Sisto e Martinelli 2004 and lists of questions and interviews were utilized half-structured with the parents or the responsible people for them. The program lasted five months and consisted in a meeting of two hours each week. Dance subjects were studied such as: body language, creativity, knowledge about their own positions and actions, making student’s private and social development easier. The result showed improvement in the social relationships, notable influence in the behavior at school and at home. Dance proportionated young people to recognize their qualities. This had influenced the personal valorization limitations of everyone. The result of this research allow us to say that for the people watched, dance promotes self-esteem and self-concept.