Ambientes da infância e a formação do educador: arranjo espacial no berçário

• Autor(a) principal: Moreira, Ana Rosa Costa Picanço
• Data de Publicação: 2011
• Tipo de documento: Tese
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UERJ
• Texto Completo: http://www.bdtd.uerj.br/handle/1/10316
• topic: Spatial organization; Educators training; Day Care Center; Pedagogical practice; Arranjo espacial; Formação de educadores; Creche; Prática pedagógica; Formação de professores de educação infantil Professor de creche; Formação do professor Crítica-reflexiva Sala de aula; Prática pedagógica Estratégia metodológica; Instalações escolares Ambiente de sala de aula; CNPQ::CIENCIAS HUMANAS::EDUCACAO

This thesis aimed to investigate the process of environmental utilization by educators based on nurseries belonging to the Creche Institucional Doutor Paulo Niemeyer (Dr. Paulo Niemeyer Day Care Center). This is a case study/intervention aiming at understanding the meanings and senses created by the subjects and the change in the use of the spatial organization promoted by the intervention which took place in 2008. We start with the assumption that space/environment is a mediator in pedagogical practices and in childhood development. We discuss the concept of space and the concept of other spatial categories (environment, area, place) from an interdisciplinary understanding (Philosophy, Geography, Architecture, Psychology and Education), and a cultural-historical understanding, emphasizing the relational character of the afore mentioned concept. The Head of this Early Years Center, twenty two educators and thirty seven children from three baby groups took part in this research. The production of data was created using differentiated methodological processes and was collected in two research phases. In the first phase: interview with the headship, observation and annotation in logbook with photographic evidence of the spatial organization and its developments. In the second phase: reflexive sessions and questionnaire for the educators with added photographic of the spatial arrangements after the introduction of over-sized toys and open dividers. The results indicate that the interventions, through collaborative actions with the educators, produced significant changes in the spatial organization augmenting the quantity and quality of the spatial structure in the three rooms. The research fostered reflection on the pedagogical practice and a re-conception of the role played by the environment in the pedagogical act. We expect this research to contribute to a better environmental appropriation by the educators and this to reflect in the improvement of the quality of education for young children. And, for this research methodology which prioritizes the participation of the educators as co-researchers to contribute to the inset development of these same professionals. Finally, we hope for this research methodology to contribute to further researches which prioritize the intervention outline in the investigative process.