Children’s books dealing with Physical Education and Sport in Brazil: a study of their characteristics

Authors

  • Rafael Guimarães Botelho Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Rio de Janeiro (IFRJ)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5195/biblios.2012.82

Keywords:

Children’s literature, Physical Education, Documentary analysis, Brazil

Abstract

The aim of this paper was to analyze 90 children’s books dealing with Physical Education and Sport published in Brazil. Five study variables were established: literary genres, mediums, pagination, status as part of a collection related to sports, and the version of the publication. To develop the investigation, the technique of documentary analysis was utilized. Results: a) the literary genre “narrative” presents the biggest incidence in the children’s books (with 93,33%); b) the medium “paper” is predominant in the children’s books (with 90%); c) books not paginated are more frequent among the ones published in Brazil (with 73,33%); d) a little more than half of the children’s books (51,11%) is part of a collection related to sports; e) there are a predominance of original children’s books (with 96,67%).

Author Biography

Rafael Guimarães Botelho, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Rio de Janeiro (IFRJ)

Investigador de postdoctorado (2012) – Facultad de Educación de la Universidad de San Pablo (USP), Brasil. Doctorado en Educación Física y Deporte: didáctica y desarrollo profesional (2010), Máster en Iniciación a la Investigación en Educación Física y Deporte: didáctica y desarrollo profesional (2009) y Diploma de Estudios Avanzados en Didáctica de la Expresión Corporal (2009) – Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona (UAB), España. Perfeccionamiento en Metodología de la Investigación (2003) y Postgrado en Ética Aplicada y Bioética (2003) – Fundación Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ), Brasil. Licenciado en Educación Física (2002) y Máster en Educación (2006) – Universidad del Estado de Río de Janeiro (UERJ), Brasil. Profesor del Instituto Federal de Educación, Ciencia y Tecnología de Río de Janeiro (IFRJ), Brasil.

Published

2013-03-03

How to Cite

Guimarães Botelho, R. (2013). Children’s books dealing with Physical Education and Sport in Brazil: a study of their characteristics. Biblios Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, (49), 44–53. https://doi.org/10.5195/biblios.2012.82

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