Educação e cuidado das crianças de zero a três anos na educação infantil: concepções de professoras.

Abstract

This master's research is linked to the Postgraduate Program in Education at the Federal University of Campina Grande, Paraíba, in the line of research Educational Practices and Diversity, with the object of study being the conception of education and care of teachers in public daycare centers. The central question is: what is the understanding that teachers have about caring for and educating children aged zero to three years? As a general objective, the research seeks to analyze the conception of teachers about education and care in public institutions in a microregion of the Agreste region of Paraíba, more precisely in the municipalities of Gado Bravo, Fagundes, Boa Vista, Campina Grande and Lagoa Seca. The research is of a qualitative and quantitative nature, involving objective and subjective characteristics for the production of data (Gil, 2006; Gatti, 2004), and was carried out in the five municipalities mentioned, comprising a microregion of the Agreste region of Paraíba. As a technique for analyzing the data obtained, we used content analysis (Bardin, 1977; 2006). The research participants were teachers who work in public daycare centers with children aged zero to three years old. As a theoretical framework, we adopted the studies on care by Noddings (2003), Hirata (2022), Carvalho (1999), Boff (2014) and Foucault (2022). In relation to education, we based ourselves on the studies of Brandão (2013), Plaisance (2004), Durkheim (2011), Souza (2012) and Paro (2001, 2023). As a result, the research points to a conception of education teachers as socially constructed values and as a way of promoting culturally produced academic knowledge for children. Regarding the concept of care, they consider it essential for the development of children and for maintaining trust between family and institution, relating to physical care actions, a loving relationship with children and the planning of activities that please the little ones.