Adventure Body Practices in Undergraduate Physical Education Programs: a comparative study between UFSC and UFG

Abstract

The insertion of the Adventure Body Practices in the undergraduate Physical Education programs of the Federal University of Santa Catarina and Federal University of Goiás carried out during the curricular reformulation process in the last years was analyzed. The methodology used was Comparative Education. The Federal University of Goiás created an introductory course, while the Federal University of Santa Catarina created three – an introductory course, a licentiate-specific course, and an optional course. Both cases present similarities and differences in the understanding of the new guidelines and how this was reflected in their Curricular Pedagogical Projects, with a strong influence of the territories where the institutions are located. The article concludes with the identification of the advances in each higher education institution on this content from the perspective of Comparative Education.