Cinco décadas de Jogos Escolares Brasileiros ou múltiplos eventos escolares em cinco décadas

Abstract

This research aimed to analyze five decades of Brazilian School Games and verify if there is a modus operandi common to the different periods of this event. The technique used to carry out this study was documentary research. Official bulletins and regulations of the Brazilian School Games from 1969 to 2021 were selected. This material was obtained from the libraries and websites of the Ministry of Sports, the Olympic Committee of Brazil - COB, the Integrated Physical Education Center of the Federal District - CIEF and the Brazilian Confederation of School Sports - CBDE. For the analysis of the documents, the periodization of the Brazilian School Games was used according to the oscillations of the national policy and of the funding source units, organization, participation of public and private entities, representation and age group. The current modus operandi is the result of several contributions at different times. From the creative effort and capacity for articulation of the 70s, the contributions of the 80s that resulted in the creation of the Indigenous Peoples Games and School Paralympics, the rapprochement with the Brazilian Olympic Committee in the 90s, the rapprochement with the school segment at the beginning of 2000, of specific legislation for the perennial funding of games started in 2005 and finally of the organization of the event by a representative entity of the school segment in 2021.