Abstract

This systematic review aimed to analyze how health has been approached in national academic articles that deal with Physical Education in public schools and to relate health concepts and Physical Education views present. The search was performed on the CAPES Periodicals Portal. The articles included (n = 18) were submitted to Thematic Content Analysis. Most of them (n = 13) articulate the Biomedical and Behavioral conceptions of health and a Technical-Instrumental view of Physical Education, two of them presenting a Normative-Behavioral approach to Health Education. A minority (n = five) has a Socio-environmental concept of Health, of which only two express a Pedagogical-Reflexive view of School Physical Education articulated the Critical-Reflexive approach to Health Education. The expanded health perspective and a Pedagogical-Reflective view of Physical Education are still not present in academic research.

Keywords:
Physical Education; Health; Public school; Systematic review.