A brinquedoteca universitária na formação discente: saberes e fazeres com o brincar

Abstract

This Undergraduate Thesis aimed to investigate the possible contributions of the University Toy Library to student training. For this purpose, the research was conducted at the Toy Library of the Center for Education (CE) located at the Federal University of Paraíba (UFPB), Campus I. The university toy library is a training space that combines theory and practice, being considered a laboratory linked to the pedagogy and psychopedagogy courses of the Center for Education. The specific objective of the research was to investigate the experiences of pedagogical knowledge and practices within the CE Toy Library. Methodologically, the research follows a qualitative and descriptive approach, and included both bibliographic and field research. Field data were collected through an online questionnaire answered by interns, scholarship holders, and volunteers participating in the CE Toy Library. Theoretically, the study is supported by the dialogue with authors such as Santos (2011, 2014), Kishimoto (1998, 2007), and Wanderley et al. (2021), among others. The results indicate that the Toy Library of the Center for Education contributes to the initial training of education professionals. Through contact with children and the activities developed, the University Toy Library manages to align theory and practice, allowing students still in training to observe and experience play as a fundamental element in child development. Finally, based on the conducted research, it is concluded that the experiences lived in the toy library and the discussions about childhood, child development, and play contribute to the future practice of education professionals, helping them to see, understand, and transform their practice by using play as a fundamental tool, since through play, children interact, develop, and learn.