Linhas de força de um dispositivo: Os professores de educação física iniciantes e as relações de poder na escola

Abstract

This article analyzed the force lines of the sportivization device traced from the capture of power relations between beginner Physical Education teachers and other subjects at school. This study had its theoretical-methodological foundation in the studies of Foucault and Deleuze, with information collected from municipal schools in Pelotas, Brazil, including interviews with beginner Physical Education teachers and a case study in a municipal school. The device’s force lines or power dimension were evidenced by the discourse on teachers’ need to serve students’ interest in certain sports; by disputes among Physical Education teachers of a school – both beginners and experienced teachers – and between a beginner Physical Education teacher and the school principal about the physical space, as well as debates on the status of Physical Education and its knowledges.