BODIES IN TRANSE AT SCHOOL? SENSES AND MEANINGS OF PLAYING IN ADOLESCENCE
To play; Adolescence; Body; Elementary School II.
This work deals with playing in adolescence within a public elementary school, from the understanding of playfulness in its broad sense, as an activity/human need and a right to be guaranteed. The main objective of this research is to present the senses and meanings of pre-teens and adolescents in relation to the time and space of playing within the school. It is a study in which the theoretical body is given in the sociocultural perspective, from the conception that it is the social that characterizes the action in the subject's playful activity. It is mainly based on studies by Winnicott, Wallon, Paulo Freire, Foucault, Vygotsky and Merleau-Ponty. The data collection instrument was an essay. The analysis of the collected data was carried out through a qualitative approach that consisted of content analysis (Bardin, 1977). The results revealed that adolescents attribute meanings and meanings to playing, recognizing it as a right and highlighting its importance in everyday school life. Control of bodies also appeared in newsrooms. The final considerations indicated that adolescents feel the need to play and that the school, as an institution, can be a space of joy and beauty by encouraging play.