ABSTRACT
Analyses the issue of School Olympics in Espírito Santo State between 1946 and 1954. It aims at understanding the relationship of the School Olympics with sportivization of Physical Education. Operates with the concept ofcivility developed by Elias (1992) and Da Matta (1994) and the model of the evidentiary paradigm andcircularity proposed by Ginzburg (1989, 2000). Used as source the newspaper A Gazeta and A Tribunaand the personal archive of Aloyr Queiroz de Araújo. The School Olympics were an important event for the government and for the Espírito Santo society. This event was focused on the high school students, in order to involve them in a national, educational and civilizing project, which in turn was coordinated between the years 1946 and 1954, by the Physical Education Department, located in College of Physical Education of the Espírito Santo.
Keywords:
School Olympics; Schooling; Physical Education; State of Espírito Santo