Research on early childhood education in Piauí: trajectories and perspectives

• Autor(a) principal: Melo da Rocha Nogueira Barros, Maria do Desterro
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Outros Autores: Brito, Antonia Edna
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Linguagens, Educação e Sociedade (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufpi.br/index.php/lingedusoc/article/view/4292
• topic: Pesquisa; Educação Infantil; Pós-Graduação; Prática docente; Formação de Professores; Investigación; Educación Infantil; Posgraduación; Práctica docente; Formación de profesores; Research; Child education; Postgraduate studies; Teaching practice; Teacher training

The article as an objective of analysis on Early Childhood Education-respect in the scope of the Federal Postgraduate Research Program of Piauí (UFPI) of the knowledge produced in the area. An analysis of theses and dissertations focused on the works published in the last four years between 2016 and 2020. A review covered studies published in the graduate courses of the aforementioned university, as it is a main reference in the State as a public teaching institution that relates to the university teacher training and research in the area. The survey showed that during the period covered there were master's initiatives and 5 doctoral theses on the subject. The studies highlight some problems that characterize early childhood education policies and practices in Piaui, among which the following stand out: prevalence of traditional conceptions, lack of working conditions, inadequacies of teacher training policies, continuing education predominantly based on technical rationality and formative profile of part of the investigated teachers. The study concludes on Early Childhood Education, there is no study context research for the development of conditions for the development of teaching practices and teachers of Early Childhood Education. To conclude, too, that greater dissemination of the results is necessary to enhance the reflection of social and educational criticisms of the population served in day care centers and preschools, which is essential for the construction of theoretical-practical bases for education in Piauí.