THE COLLECTIVE IMAGINARY OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION STUDENTS ABOUT THE LIFE HEALTHY

Abstract

Objective: We investigated the collective imagination of Physical Education students about a healthy life. Methodology: We performed an interview with 27 students of Physical Education, drawing upon the procedure Thematic Story-Drawing with Theme “a person who leads a healthy life.” The productions were considered in the light of the psychoanalytic method and uptake of interpretive fi elds of meaning underlying affective-emotional. Results: The interpretation work allowed for perceiving a fi eld called “individual responsability”, which is structured based on the belief in that health would be a state that depends mainly on individual initiatives and actions. Conclusions: The picture found indicates that the fi eld operates positive effects toward personal initiative, but it produces, as a problematic consequence, an obfuscation about the importance of environmental factors, which depend on social and governamental actions.