摘要:This article has as its purpose to understand the conceptions of human development that are present at the Physical Education objectives in Child Education in the public institutions of Criciúma. As a methodology, it consists of a field research, whereupon forty-eight teachers answered the following question: What is the objective of Physical Education in Child Education? We found that 89.6% of the interviewed teachers do not plan their classes according to the historical-cultural theory, expressed in the files that guide the Physical Education in the Child Education of the county, which generates a disarticulation with the objectives proposed in the teaching organization. We conclude by indicating that the main activity of the child in this stage of Basic Education is the game activity.