Direito à educação e pedagogia hospitalar: um diagnóstico entre a formação em Pedagogia do Campus IV e as Secretarias de Educação do Vale do Mamanguape

Abstract

This undergraduate thesis analyzed the protection of the right to education of children undergoing health treatment and investigated the connections between the curricular structure of the Pedagogy Degree Program at Campus IV of the Federal University of Paraíba (UFPB) and the actions of Municipal Education Departments in the Vale do Mamanguape region, Paraíba, Brazil. To this end, a qualitative, exploratory approach was adopted. Data collection combined documentary analysis of educational and health legislation with data from DATASUS (SIH/SUS), as well as the administration of two structured questionnaires: one directed to undergraduate students in the Pedagogy program at Campus IV and another to managers of municipal education departments. Through this methodology, the perceptions of undergraduate students were mapped and the regional public management context regarding Hospital Pedagogy was diagnosed. The theoretical framework was based on discussions of non-formal education by Gohn (2006), analyses of pedagogical praxis in healthcare settings presented in studies by Silva and Fantacini (2013), Araújo (2022), and Valente (2018), as well as Freire’s (1996) assumptions concerning teacher education and autonomy. The results revealed that all students surveyed perceived the undergraduate curriculum as insufficient or only partially sufficient for professional practice in hospital settings. Regarding municipal public management, the study identified the absence of structured policies for the educational support of hospitalized children. It was concluded that there is an institutional gap between initial teacher education and the implementation of legal guarantees concerning hospital educational services, highlighting the need for intersectoral cooperation and revisions to the academic curriculum in order to mitigate the effects of educational discontinuity at the regional level.