Abstract

MAGALHAES, Solange Martins de Oliveira  and  BARBOSA, Ivone Garcia. From the top of a moutain we can see things from a great angle, but we can see everything?: A reflection on public policies for children education. Estud. pesqui. psicol. [online]. 2005, vol.5, n.1, pp. 38-58. ISSN 1808-4281.

Brazilian government has provided assistance for children of 0 to 6 years of age for over one hundred years now - this happened alongside many changes in the concept of childhood. Scientific and institutional thoughts and mass means of communication to transform childhood into a cultural subject/object of modernity have influenced such changes. To comprehend public policies is also to reflect on “what it is to be a child” today in our society, and how changes in the concept of childhood have defined educational practices as well as socialization of children for modern society. Through this analysis we have tried to clarify some of the intentions that influenced children education - especially neo-liberal thoughts. We have also proposed to discern the logic, living dynamic and even the contradiction of public policies of the education of the Brazilian childhood.

Keywords : Public Policies; Children Education; Childhood.

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