Abstract

FONSECA, Fábio Batista da et al. Physical education, digital technologies and health: exploratory forays into the literature. Rev. Motriviv. [online]. 2020, vol.32, n.63, e72861.  Epub Sep 01, 2020. ISSN 2175-8042.  https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-8042.2020.e72861.

Considering the ubiquity of digital technologies today and the massive consumption of these by schoolchildren, this study aims to describe and discuss the findings of an exploratory review of knowledge on the approach to health in school Physical Education that consider technological devices / applications. It is a non-systematic review and investigates the academic literature of Physical Education considering periodically relevant journals that dialogue directly with education. The search focused on the terms “school”, “technology” and “health”, with dialogue in the school sphere being the main inclusion criterion. The findings point to 20 publications that were organized into thematic categories: a) technology and its pedagogical implications; b) monitoring and use of data, an ethical debate and; c) digital games and mobile technologies. There are debates centered on the pedagogical implications of technological uses by teachers, in addition to aspects linked to self-display, self-quantification and gamification of life by students.

Keywords : Health; Technology and education; Physical education; Teaching.

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