“Ai, ai, aidê, quero saber como vai você”: sentidos e percepções de capoeiristas educadoras sobre suas práticas na educação das infâncias

Abstract

This research, in a master`s degree level, is localized in the research line "Discourses, Practices, Ideas and Subjectivities in Educational Processes" of the Graduate Program in Education at the Federal University of Juiz de Fora. Its aim is to understand the perceptions of female Capoeira practitioners who are educators regarding their integration and practice in children's education. In the last decades, there has been an expressive growth of women and children in the Capoeira practice, which is seen as a game that blends fight, dance, and ritual elements. This study is based on the historical-cultural approach developed by Lev Vygotsky. This research is qualitative in nature and uses a semi-structured interview to produce empirical data with two female Capoeira educators. The interview script covered the following aspects: (1) motivation; (2) training; and (3) performance. It is believed that this study can contribute to the training of female Capoeira practitioners who are educators in childhood, as well as to the expansion of studies in the field of Early Childhood Education.