Representações sociais acerca da afetividade elaborada pelos professores de educação infantil

Abstract

This work has as its theme the affectivity and its social representations about the teachers of infantile education. It was constructed from texts by authors such as: Piaget, Vygotsky and Wallon. This was a field research in the Otília Coura de Brito municipal day care center and the Maria Marques Formiga de Sousa elementary school, in the municipality of São José da Lagoa Tapada, Paraíba. The field research had a qualitative exploratory character, containing as a data collection instrument the semi - structured questionnaire that was answered by the nursery and elementary school teachers of the mentioned institutions. We aimed to analyze the affective presence in the pedagogical practice of the elementary and elementary school teacher. It was identified according to the answers given by the teachers that they demonstrate a meaning consistent with the term inducer affectivity, although it still lacks a greater dedication to the affective relation. We consider that the affectivity in the classroom can assure a significant learning, and it is important to emphasize the importance of the teacher in this process.