Geografia do esporte: o rally como proposta de conteúdo para o ensino de geografia

Abstract

The Geography of sport is a subject that aims to study the sporting phenomena linked to the general approaches of geography science to promote a deeper understanding of the links that society has with the environment. Thus, the general objective of this research was to analyze how the off-road rally sport can provide an approach to Geography-related contents for elementary school students. The specific objectives were developed with the purpose of obtaining knowledge to discuss the theme separately, associating it to teaching and the sport activity studied in the theme; they are: to understand the fundamentals of Geography of sport and its possible approaches; to verify if the sport is being worked on in the Geography didactic book; and to associate the sports practices with the rally to the Geography teaching. The methodology was based on a proposal to carry out exploratory research. Initially, a survey and bibliographic review was made of existing works and authors who debated or contributed to the discussion of the theme. Thus, the data collection procedures were obtained by means of bibliographic and documental research, having in mind a qualitative approach for the treatment of the information acquired during the research. The results show the existence of incentives to work on the sports theme, focusing on interdisciplinary issues both in academia and in basic education. In this way, the research shows fragments that make it possible to understand how the sport interacts with Geography and which approaches can be used to discuss the Geography of sport in education through the off-road rally modality.