Palmas para o lazer: contribuições do Cepels para o ensino médio por meio das práticas de lazer

Abstract

This dissertation adopts the Scandinavian structural method, which replaces the traditional monographic format with scientific articles. The central objective is to investigate leisure within the high school environment at the Escola Estadual de Tempo Integral Professora Elizângela Glória Cardoso, located in the municipality of Palmas, Tocantins. To achieve this, the research employs the focus group method as its primary investigative tool, aiming to shed light on how leisure has manifested in the lives of these students, both inside and outside the school environment. It is known that the demanding routine of full-time education occupies a large portion of the students' day. In this context, the need arises for students to fill their limited free time with activities — or even inactivities — that result from their own choices, influenced by habits, culture, and evolving needs that change over time and through the process of maturation. Thus, this research is justified by the relevance of leisure to fundamental aspects of human development in high school students. It is considered that their choices in using free time can lead not only to the promotion of physical and mental health and sociocultural well-being, but also to the deterioration of these same aspects. Accordingly, this study regards leisure as equally important as work or education, bringing to the forefront of the discussion how these themes are being addressed within the educational environment of the new high school curriculum and how this model has impacted students' use of free time, their choices, preferences, habits, addictions, and tendencies. At the conclusion of the investigation, three digital booklets (e- books) were developed, which together comprise the educational product resulting from this dissertation.