Abstract

PORTUGAL, Paula Neves; GABRIEL, Marília Reginato  and  PICCININI, Cesar Augusto. Organization of child care space: contributions of a monitoring program. Arq. bras. psicol. [online]. 2019, vol.71, n.1, pp. 36-53. ISSN 1809-5267.  http://dx.doi.org/10.36482/1809-5267.ARBP2019v71i1p.36-53.

The present study investigated the contributions of a monitoring program for educators based on the Piklerian approach for the organization of child care spaces and for the child-educator interaction. Six educators of two public child care center participated in six individual meetings. Six months after the end of mentoring, the educators were interviewed and the answers were examined through qualitative content analysis: child care space characteristics and educator-child interaction. The educators reported changes in the organization of the physical space, furniture and objects. The teachers also reported a better quality of the educator-child interaction, perceived in their own attitudes providing autonomy, organizing space based on children needs, as well as giving more individualized attention to them in times of care. The results suggest that monitoring could make changes in the child care organization that could support the educator-child interaction and contribute to the promotion of child development.

Keywords : Space Organization; Child Care Center; Child-Educator Interaction.

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