SILVA, Eloína Ariana Ribeiro Damasceno    PEREIRA, Melina de Carvalho. The active role of the child in playful situations in Early Childhood Education. Estud. pesqui. psicol. []. 2018, 18, 2, pp.532-549. ISSN 1808-4281.

The goal of this study is to investigate the active role of children in the context of early childhood education during play interactions with peers in situations controlled by the educator. Starting from socio interactionist understanding of development and child play as a relevant context for the observation of child behavior (Carvalho, Pedrosa & Rossetti-Ferreira, 2012). Video recordings were used, with children aged 2-4 years along with their respective teachers within their classrooms in two Municipal Centers for Early Childhood Education (CMEI) from Recife. Through a micro genetic analysis of data, it was possible to remark the children's ability to actively adapt to situations and extrapolate the conventional use of objects, creating games through the material provided by the adult, being flexible with the events and even to spontaneous outcomes. It was also remarked that the little ones exercise their active role by subverting the order of the playing situation, of the objects and also of the placement of the room equipment, bringing, in a creative manner, elements present in their daily lives. There is a need to think about methodologies that emphasize the points of views of the child, considering it as an active builder of meaning.

: children; play; childhood education.

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