Teaching in Child Education: reflections on gender, masculinity and teacher training

• Autor(a) principal: Souza, Rayffi Gumercindo Pereira de
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Ferreira, José Luiz, Leal, Fernanda de Lourdes Almeida
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Zero-a-seis
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/zeroseis/article/view/75716

The realities of early childhood education in Brazil and in other countries reveal the reduced demand for men to act as teachers in this stage of Basic Education. Perhaps this fact stems from the fact that research involving male teaching in this area is also scarce. In this context, this study, fruit of research and educational experiences with young children, aims to reflect on the participation of men in the role of teachers in Early Childhood Education, taking as a reference the categories of gender and masculinities, the training of teachers in the Pedagogy course at the public university of Campina Grande-PB and the experience of one of the authors with children of 4 and 5 years old. Theoretically, the work is supported by research related to gender, masculinities, childhood and teacher education and training. Starting from the reports of some experiences and articulating them to the pertinent theory, the debate on the ideas contained in this text promotes the theoretical reflections and ways of acting in order to overcome discriminatory attitudes regarding the teaching of men in early childhood education.