The present article is related to a research based on ethnography and memory reconstruction guided by oral history. Its main purpose is to reveal relevant characteristics about a social and educational project implemented in Heliópolis community, in the city of São Paulo, seeking to understand the changes experienced by adolescents in their everyday life, relating the possible contributions for structuring actions which use sport as the guideline. The results underscored as most significant are the relationship between teacher and student, the feeling of belonging and the continuity of learning. The study is concluded by indicating the importance of careful pedagogic treatment when offering sports as the focus of action towards a community.
pedagogy of the sport; project social education; popular-classes; teenagers