A Saúde no ponto de vista das crianças: uma análise de produções culturais infantis em uma escola pública de Tocantinópolis – TO.

Abstract

This paper aims to comprehend the sense and meanings on health for children in an elementar public school in Tocantinópolis – TO. Considering that Pshisycal Education involves many other knowledge fields, alongside Healthy and Education, it is relevant to recognize the subjects point of view and specificities in order to promote interventions, into and out of the school, more sensible to their realities. In this perspective, na exploratory research was conducted with two second elementary classes using graphic techniques produced by 40 (forty) chilren along 6 and 8 years old and open interview about the graphics. In adiction, the interviews were conducted with the principal and the teachers of the students to identify healthy approaches on the school routine. The paper contains a qualitative analisys from the obtained field information and literature about sociology of childhood. From the productions and excerpts of the speeches presented, that children articulate the idea of health from 4 (four) categories, namely: “games”, “physical activity practice”, “habits food” and “body hygiene”. In addition to these classifications, the children indicated that their health understandings move between reality and fantasy, in which many of the interpretations are forged in everyday life, encompassing experiences in the family, at school, with the media and in the environment.