Educação emocional na pré-escola: implicações do “Projeto Emocionário” no Colégio de Aplicação - EBAS/UFPB

Abstract

Emotional Education has been strengthened as a relevant field for the effective development of the integral human being, considering that emotions directly influence relationships, health, and learning processes. In this context, this research, theoretically grounded in the contributions of Casassus (2009) and Possebon and Possebon (2024), who understand Emotional Education as an essential element in the integral development of the human being, aimed to understand, in light of the "Emotionary" project, the contributions of working with Emotional Education in Early Childhood Education with four- and five-year-old children. The study was developed at the Application School of the Federal University of Paraíba, based on the analysis of pedagogical experiences carried out throughout the project. This is a qualitative research, which used as methodological procedures the observation of experiences, records present in the class yearbook, the Political Pedagogical Project, the Curricular Proposal of the field school, and a questionnaire applied to the children's guardians and the responsible teacher. For data interpretation, content analysis as proposed by Bardin (2011) was adopted. The results show that intentional work with emotions favored the recognition, naming, and emotional expression of children, contributing to the strengthening of interpersonal relationships, development of empathy, meaningful learning, construction of initial emotional regulation strategies, and improvement in the emotional climate of the class. Furthermore, the relevance of teacher mediation, family participation, and the articulation of the project with the curricular principles of Early Childhood Education is highlighted. It is considered that the inclusion of Emotional Education in the curriculum and daily school life constitutes a significant possibility for the construction of more conscious learning and for the integral development of children.