Tempo livre no internato: e agora, o que fazer?

Abstract

This research happened at the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Mato Grosso - Campus Saint Vincent and aimed to investigate the perceptions of students on the free time at the boarding school. Students attending boarding remain months away from their families, spending most of the day in theoretical and practical. However, when the normal duties are met, students complain of few options for recreation, complain of inactivity, and many seek the service of Psychology. Active leisure activities cause people to exercise, practice and interact, reaching the flow because when body and mind work in harmony arises a sense of well-being. On the other hand, passive leisure includes occupations in which only assists or receives information and stimuli, can lead to stagnation. The methodology is bibliographic and qualitative field. The theoretical framework was based on researchers on positive psychology, the concept of flow, leisure activities and boarding system. Semiestrutura an interview was conducted with 61 students under the hospital, 15-18 years, of both sexes. All ethical principles of human research were respected. The answers were categorized by content analysis of Bardin. The results showed that 84.61% of the participants would like to experience more active free time at school, through sports, hiking, dancing, music and cultural activities. Other responses indicated that the active leisure activities generate satisfaction, a total of 61.19%, corroborating studies that claim that these occupations are pleasurable, ease achieve flow, while passive leisure sedentary lifestyle can lead to health problems and stress. Thus, it was concluded the need to redesign and implementation of new activities as the students' free time the boarding is also part of their training, providing knowledge ¬ ments and opportunities, and helping them to live, socialize and work giving meaning to their lives.