CHILDREN’S GAMES DURING SCHOOL RECESS IN THE FIRST CYCLE OF BASIC EDUCATION IN NORTHERN PORTUGAL

Authors

  • Vânia Sofía Pereira Universidade do Minho. Braga. Portugal.
  • José Eugenio Rodríguez Fernández Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (España) http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1101-5377
  • Beatriz Pereira Universidade do Minho. Braga. Portugal.
  • Isabel Condessa Universidade dos Açores, FCSH

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22456/1982-8918.76335

Keywords:

Play and games. Recreation. Children. Education, primary.

Abstract

This study sought to identify the games played and preferred by children during school recess in the so-called first cycle, breaking that information down by gender and school year. A questionnaire was applied in two basic education schools in northern Portugal. The sample included 317 students from the four years in that stage – 167 boys and 150 girls. It found that “running” and “chasing” are the most frequent, even though boys prefer football while girls prefer talking. The study confirms low diversification in the games played by children and, according to its findings, children’s playful activities must be enriched by using new playful-pedagogic interventions or new materials during recess.

 

 

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Author Biographies

Vânia Sofía Pereira, Universidade do Minho. Braga. Portugal.

Centro de Investigação em Estudos da Criança (CIEC), Portugal

José Eugenio Rodríguez Fernández, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (España)

Profesor en Facultad de Ciencias de la Educación

Departamento de Didácticas Aplicadas

Área de Expresión Corporal

Beatriz Pereira, Universidade do Minho. Braga. Portugal.

Professora em Instituto de Educação, CIEC, Portugal

Isabel Condessa, Universidade dos Açores, FCSH

Investigadora da Universidade do Minho, CIEC, Portugal

Published

2018-09-30

How to Cite

PEREIRA, Vânia Sofía; RODRÍGUEZ FERNÁNDEZ, José Eugenio; PEREIRA, Beatriz; CONDESSA, Isabel. CHILDREN’S GAMES DURING SCHOOL RECESS IN THE FIRST CYCLE OF BASIC EDUCATION IN NORTHERN PORTUGAL. Movimento, [S. l.], v. 24, n. 3, p. 859–874, 2018. DOI: 10.22456/1982-8918.76335. Disponível em: https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/Movimento/article/view/76335. Acesso em: 15 sep. 2026.

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