Abstract
The reassociation and reaggregation movements in the return to school, after a period of closure during the COVID-19 pandemic, are the focus of this study. We discuss the findings of an ethnography in a public school in Porto Alegre, which aimed to describe and analyze the actors in action in the reorganization of educational bonds in Physical Education classes in the return to presence. We organized the descriptions and analyses in three trajectories: 1) The search for firm bonds; 2) Intentions and strategies about “practice”; and 3) Bonds of trust as a teaching strategy and commitment. While some bonds aimed to compensate for possible educational deficits by betting on authoritarian and punitive devices in view of the compulsory nature of the “practical” dimension and allowing little space for emotions and mental health, others focused on building bonds of trust as an educational strategy and as a necessary policy.
Keywords:
Teaching; School Physical Education; Return to school; Social Relationships.