Experiências de participação no sertão alagoano: a criança com voz e vez no cotidiano da educação infantil

Abstract

The present research aims to comprehend if/how forms of children’s participation happens in the daily life of Early Childhood Education, from a case study carried out at a public school of one city hall in the Sertão of Alagoas. Participant observation and some pedagogical activities were done with children in a classroom. One Jardim I classroom was involved in the research, with twenty four children from four to five years old, during a four months period. The analysis of the reports of the field work reflects the children participation phenomenon in the studied context. It is shown the ways children act creatively and the ways they take part in the local dynamics they are inserted themselves. It is reported daily life scenes that allowed us to think analytically about participation. It was observed that children’s action depend a lot on the adult’s view, one who occupies the role to preview that in the scholar environment and/or does not recognize it, occasionally.