Medeiros, Rossie Marie Nascimento deSilva, Luiz Fernando da2015-12-192021-09-272015-12-192021-09-272015-11-30SILVA, Luiz Fernando da. Educação física na educação infantil: diferentes realidades em centros educativos de Natal. 2015. 60 f. Trabalho de conclusão de curso (Graduação em Educação Física) - Departamento de Educação Física, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, 2015.https://repositorio.ufrn.br/handle/123456789/39372This research aimed to understand the different realities of the educational centers of Natal-RN, with regard to physical education in child education. Specifically, we seek to ascertain and understand how teachers deal with methodological approaches in teaching the children from zero to six years in public and private schools in the locus, teachers’ professional experiences, and knowledge of contents. For this study, we take as a basis the RCNEI discussions and those of authors who discuss current methodologies to this niche of education. Six physical education teachers from Natal schools participated in this study, three from public schools and three from private schools. The results showed that the teachers interviewed are unaware of what the term methodology really means and often mix it with content and teaching styles. Out of these, some know what contents are. Others mix it with individuals’ capabilities. The study contributes to the area of physical education because its results point to the need to reorient these teachers on such an important subject as the teaching methods and content. In order to more effectively contribute to this reorientation, we proposed the continuation of studies for deepening the theme, broadening the scope of institutions investigated to accomplish studies at Masters and PhD level.openAccessEducação física; educação infantil; metodologias; conteúdos.Physical education; childhood education; methodologies; content.bachelorThesisEducação Física