UEFS (BR) PHYSICAL EDUCATION CURRICULUM AND SPORTS SCIENCES IN ÉVORA (PT): PERSPECTIVE IN TRAINING AND PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE

Abstract

The object of this study refers to the conceptions of training and professional performance (Brazil-Portugal) proposed in the Physical Education undergraduate courses at Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana (UEFS) and in the Sports Science undergraduate course (UÉ). Having as premise the sociocultural bond and the historical connection of Physical Education established between the countries, the study investigated the possible relations of closeness and/or distance presented in the curricula, as well as the training perspectives proposed in each one. This is a bibliographic and documental research with a qualitative approach based on official documents and legislation in Portugal and Brazil. From the relations between the conceptions and trends of the curricula in force, the research findings indicate that the studied entities present differences in the conceptions of training and professional performance, where the Portuguese curriculum assumes a more technical profile, simple composition, with a shorter duration period (3 years) and focused on socioeconomic issues; while the Brazilian curriculum reveals characteristics linked to sociocultural, pedagogical and technical objects. Despite the dissimilarities, we can identify, however, common traits in the expanded training. The specificities found in both are the result of the historically built social arrangement and the socioeconomic and cultural realities of these countries.