Escola Infantil Montessori na cidade de Cabedelo (PB)

Abstract

Education is essential in the evolution of an individual, because it is his preparation for living in society and his adult life. However, despite being something fundamental to human development, the quality of Brazilian educatin has been put up for discussion, especially when is about public schools. It is believed that there is a lack of public policies to improve teaching. The present work aims to develop a preliminary project of a kindergarten school, based on the Montessori method, in the city of Cabedelo (PB). Only 33.2% of children between 0 and 3 years old in the county attend school, while the Brazilin target is at least 50%. With regard the population between 4 and 5 years old, only 86.5% attend preschool, with the ideal reaching 100%. Therefore, inssues that there is a need to expand vacancies in early chilhood education, and greater incentives for the maintenance of existing teachings units. The Montessori’s method presents itself as an alternative way of educating, because it directs the individual to realize their own place in society. Unkike conventional methods which the teacher directly conducts education, Montessori presents a form that is based on the child’s autonomy in an architectural space prepared for learning in a playful way, which is essential for the child’s development. For the theoretical basis, bibliographic research was carried out through scientific articles, books, monographs, legislation, master’s dissertations and doctoral theses. Then, there was a focus on the Montessori methodology, which served as a basis for the project, having as an investigation the biography of the creator of the method and its architectural and pedagogical foundations. Subsequently, related projects were analyzed, and the preliminary study was carried out, and the design guidelines and the architectural party were elaborated. The school presented was able to provide flexible teaching environments and an efficient integration.