“I want a meeting”: dialogue with children in democratic child education management

• Autor(a) principal: Scramingnon, Gabriela Barreto da Silva
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Pereira Borba dos Santos, Liana, Camões, Maria Clara de Lima Santiago
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Zero-a-seis
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/zeroseis/article/view/85963
• topic: Gestão; Educação Infantil; Coordenação pedagógica; Criança; Escuta; Management; Childhood education; Pedagogical coordination; Child; Listening

The aim of the current study is to address the management of Early Childhood Education by taking as principles the act of listening to, and the participation of, children. It analyzes interactions between children from two preschool classes and the pedagogical coordination of the investigated institution by taking into consideration topics addressed as opportunities to produce knowledge and to train professionals. The research is based on contributions from studies about childhood as interdisciplinary knowledge field, as well as on discussions advocating for the implementation of democratic management principle at childhood education institutions. Analyses have emphasized the importance of building daily work processes focused on children’s demands. Such a perspective was extended to dialogues with families. Therefore, it reflected about being adult, teacher, manager, and - in the case of the current study - about understanding training to childhood education professionals as a continuous process.