Abstract

The results of a literature search based on the questions related to the possibilities of the practice of sportive orienteering as relevant curricular component in school classrooms are presented. A qualitative work of a basic nature was adopted trying to generate new and useful knowledge without needing an immediate practical application (Engel & Tolfo, 2009), having as a procedure the bibliographic research, that, according to Silva & Muszkat (2005), is that elaborated from published material. It is concluded that the development of activities in the natural environment is beneficial for the integral education of the student and, the sportive orienteering, is a sport that promotes the development of skills and behaviors associated with the holistic understanding of the human phenomenon from the integration of knowledge.