Abstract:
This study analyzes the art conception developed by L. S. Vigotski (1896-1934) and his contributions to the teaching of body culture in school physical education. It specifies the context of its production and dissemination in Brazil, the conceptions of art and childhood of this psychologist, as well as its pedagogical possibilities in the teaching of body culture. The main references of study were: "The imagination and the art in the childhood" and "Psychology of the art" of Vigotski (2006, 1999), elaborated in the context of the Russian Revolution and recovered in the political and social opening in Brazil. For the author, the human being has reproductive and creative capacity and from it produces art. Imagination is a superior psychological function that must be strengthened in childhood for the development of creative capacity and human subjectivity. Therefore, pedagogical activity in the teaching of body culture, based on this theory, can favor the development of creative capacity in childhood.
Keywords:
Physical Education; Vygotsky; Art