Conceptions of the Body in Physical Education in Mozambique

In this book, we reflect on the conceptions of the body of Physical Education teachers and the work with the student's body during their pedagogical action in Mozambique.The discourses of the 18 teachers from 10 secondary schools show that teachers understand the body from the anatomical perspective, body as machine, body and soul, body as a whole and body object of performance. In relation to pedagogical action, teachers stated that they work with the body from the perspective of performance, health, leisure, aesthetics and docile body. In view of these results, we can affirm that Physical Education teachers in Secondary Schools conceive the body from a biological and mechanistic perspective and work with the student's body in a fragmented way, seeking to achieve the best performance and to envisage good health.