ABSTRACT
The present study sought to investigate the practices and cultural representations assessed in the physical education field, specifically, in the training of teachers to work in primary schools in Rio Grande do Sul. In order to understand this context from a socio-historical perspective, laws and reports issued during the period, as well as decrees, official teaching curriculum, and teacher training course curricula were examined. An analysis of the sources identified that physical education slowly entered the curriculum of training courses for state teachers, with more and more time spent on it. In addition, this was influenced by the fact that physical education was considered an element of transformation in modern educational debates.
KEYWORDS:
history of education; history of physical education; teacher training; school