Abstract

FARIA, Ederson de  and  SOUZA, Vera Lúcia Trevisan de. The place of the subject in early childhood education: an analysis from the perspective of cultural-historical psychology. Rev. psicopedag. [online]. 2013, vol.30, n.91, pp. 31-42. ISSN 0103-8486.

This research aimed at investigating the place that the child takes as a subject in a concrete context of activity of the childhood education agents in Campinas County. As theoretical and methodological contribution, the concepts of the Historical-Cultural Psychology, especially those of Vygotsky and his readers are adopted. Due to this theoretical option, the method used and the processing of information assume the dialectical perspective. Observations were made of the daily activities of six kindergarten agents in a public early childhood education school in Campinas. Data were recorded in the field diary. Semi-structured interviews were also conducted with three individuals in order to deepen questions observed. Results reveal that the practices developed by the early childhood education agents have as central the attempt to control children, with an emphasis on care rather than educate. However, contradictorily, there are many moments where agents act aiming the children´s autonomy, although they are less frequent. It was found, also, that the agents have no emergency room of their ideas, thoughts, not being consulted on the guidelines of the job and, often, feel unsatisfied with the activity they carry out. These findings put into relevance the role that psychologists can play in these contexts, in order to promote reflections on the conditions under which the work in caring for young children develops.

Keywords : Child rearing; Psychology, educational.

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