Ensinar e aprender práticas corporais na escola: indícios de momentos miméticos

Abstract

This paper takes as reference the centrality of the body in the pedagogical processes related to the teaching of corporal practices in school, notably in Physical Education classes. In this vein, some reflections that dialogue with Walter Benjamin’s contributions on childhood and education are presented, with the concept of mimesis as a relevant element of the analysis. Furthermore, there is a review of some excerpts of teachers’ and students’ narratives in the context of the teaching and learning of corporal practices, aiming to present indications of mimetic moments that hampers a supposed linearity of the school’s mundane activities. In conclusion, from the mimetic moments expressed in the narratives, there is a reflection about the outcomes experienced in the initial and continuing training of physical education teachers, regarding the possibility of incorporating an “expressive and experiential body”.