Educação infantil no contexto do campo: o olhar docente sobre as práticas pedagógicas

Abstract

The objective of this study was to analyze the pedagogical practice of early childhood education teachers in the context of the field. The research is descriptive with a qualitative approach, and had as its field of research a Municipal School of Elementary Education, located in Sítio Salsa, municipality of Conde/PB. Two instruments were used for data collection, observation and a questionnaire with open questions. The first, intended to enable direct contact with the participants and capture in real time the events in the context of the reality investigated.The second was intended for data collection with the research subjects, i.e., with two early childhood education teachers. The analysis of the constructed data made it possible to verify that, on a daily basis, the teachers provide the children with a set of activities with little variation and are typical of early childhood education institutions in urban contexts. The study indicates the need for training processes with teachers, supervision and school management of this context from the perspective of re-signification of its own practices, with a view to improving the quality of children's education.