Electronic games of movement: it is sport or simulation in the perception of young people?

Authors

  • Ana Paula Salles da Silva Faculdade de Educação Física e Dança da Universidade Federal de Goiás.
  • Ana Márcia Silva Doutora em Ciências Humanas/UFSC. Faculdade de Educação Física e Dança da Universidade Federal de Goiás.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-8042.2017v29n52p157

Abstract

Electronic games have been one of the main ways of access of young to technology in Brazil, leading to new experiences in social practices.The objective of this study is to identify the perception of young people on the experience of electronic games of movement with sports theme. Methodology: 24 young elementary school students were investigated, divided into 3 groups. Each group participated in 10 sessions with electronic games of movement of 3 hours each. During the sessions the speeches of the young people were recorded in a field diary. Results: departing from the speeches of young people the experiment with electronic games of movement emerges as a mediated and unique experience. It is mediated because it interposes itself between subject and object and it is unique because the way is the experience itself.Conclusions: the perception of the young people indicates a conceptual enlargement in which the comprehension of sports is expanded by the experiences with technology.

Author Biographies

Ana Paula Salles da Silva, Faculdade de Educação Física e Dança da Universidade Federal de Goiás.

Ana Paula Salles da Silva. Doutora em Educação Física/UFSC. Faculdade de Educação Física e Dança da Universidade Federal de Goiás. Goiânia/GO/Brasil. Email: aninhasalless@msn.com  

Ana Márcia Silva, Doutora em Ciências Humanas/UFSC. Faculdade de Educação Física e Dança da Universidade Federal de Goiás.

Ana Márcia Silva. Doutora em Ciências Humanas/UFSC. Faculdade de Educação Física e Dança da Universidade Federal de Goiás. Goiânia - Goiás - Brasil. Email: anamarcia@pq.cnpq.br

Published

2017-09-28

How to Cite

Silva, A. P. S. da, & Silva, A. M. (2017). Electronic games of movement: it is sport or simulation in the perception of young people?. Motrivivência, 29(52), 157–172. https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-8042.2017v29n52p157

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