PHYSICAL EDUCATION IN A MILITARY SCHOOL: FROM CLASSES SEGREGATED BY SEX AND HEIGHT TO MIXED CLASSES

This study describes the transition from Physical Education classes segregated - by sex and height - to mixed classes in sixth and seventh Elementary School grades in Porto Alegre's Military School. Its theoretical framework is Gender Studies and Oral History: four interviews were conducted with teachers of that institution. Data collected in the interviews were combined with documents from Brazil's Military School System and others related to gender issues and coeducation in Physical Education. Considering the change in class organization criteria carried out at the beginning of 2018, the teachers mentioned the many changes this new configuration demanded in their conduct, since they were used to working with sports content taking into account the difference between skills and performances of male and female students.