SILVA, Cinthia Lopes da    FERRES I PRATS, Joan. Educational communication and education for leisure: the super heroes of the comic books in physical education classes. []. , 28, 1, pp.09-16. ISSN 0104-3269.

Many Brazilian students in Elementary School do not take part in Physical Education classes effectively because of various reasons such as matters of methodology issues, didactic mediation and knowledge. So, the present work had the objective of analyzing the effectiveness of a pedagogical proposal from Educational Communication (based on neuroscience) and education for leisure. 20 students from a public school in the state of São Paulo between 13 and 14 years old participated in the research. The research is a qualitative study. A field research and observations were used. Results: new body skills were learned by the students within the super heroes comic books context and the students have shown signs of having developed a critical and creative attitude.

: Physical Education; Leisure; Education; Communication.

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