Abstract
This article aims to reflect on motherhood and the ways of living this experience which impact and are impacted by teaching in Physical Education, Basic Education and Higher Education in Porto Alegre/Rio Grande do Sul/Brazil and metropolitan area. The theme addressed is based on the analysis of the interpretations of two discussion groups constituted as a methodological strategy and on information obtained that allowed the construction of a category of a Doctoral research. The analyzes and interpretations of the research indicate that the teachers collaborating in the study realize that despite motherhood being an experience lived individually, surrounded by social demands and which places significant responsibility for raising children on women, there are possibilities to conceptualize and live other experiences of mothering in a way that is more collective and communal.
Keywords:
Motherhood; Teaching; Physical education.