The use of Content Analysis in scientific production of Brazilian Physical Education

Os Usos da Análise de Conteúdo na produção científica da Educação Física brasileira

Los usos del Análisis de Contenido en la producción científica de la Educación Física brasileña

ABSTRACT

This research aimed to analyse the use of Content Analysis (CA) in scientific publications by journals in area of Physical Education in Brazil. The method was exploratory and descriptive; and analysis was carried out in an empirical corpus of 222 articles published between 2007 and 2017. Main results suggested a growth in the use of that technique, i.e., being Laurence Bardin the principal reference, as well as low rate of explanation attributed to chosen methodological technique. Therefore, CA has gained space in Physical Education field throughout years, as research has presented its practice in a brief form and it has used software support into the stage of analysis, even though it shows low representativeness.

Keywords:
Content analysis; Physical Education; Methodology; Scientific field