Educação infantil e o cotidiano das creches:o cuidar/educar e as novas perspectivas de educação infantil para as creches de Rio Verde

Abstract

This study was carried out írom the analysis of the situation of three day care centers in the municipality of Rio Verde, Goiás, Brasil. Our aim was to verify if the actions developed in these institution dichotomize taking care and educating actions of small children. We described and interpreted the realities of these institutions. through in loco study, semi-directed interviews, partipant observation and other methods, as fíeld reserarch and analysis of documents whicli we considered important for this study. Based of bibliographical research and on the analysis of coleted data, we tried to show the diffículties, the lack of qualifícation and knowlcdge of the employees of day care centers, who liave diffículties to develop the actions of taking care/educating chlidren from birth up to six years old. In several authors who developed studies related to children’s education, we looked for important motives which justify the insertion of day care center in the present context of children’s education. We analysed their methods of dealing with small children, after a tumultuous period in which the child was considered a common being who wold became a Citizen in the future. We also righlightid the studies of Vygotsky, Piaget and wallon, in which the12 psychological and social aspects are na important reference for understanding chiidren’s education. They allow us to know chiidren and, consequently, the best way of dealing with them, emplasizing affection, emotions, tendemess and love. We presented a summary of childres education historical evolution, since the First teachings up to the present day, with its institution by the Federal Constitution of 1988, which mentions chiidren’s n.° 9394/96, which relates pre- schooling education to the taking care/educating binominal. Is the reality of these three day care centrs, we could detect the difficulties of the professionals which work in these institutions and describe the process of education of the chiidren up to two years old. With the objective of revealing the aspects of the educational process related to the action of taking care/educating, we spent some time in these institutions and lived their eveiyday routine. Finally, we presented the results of our reserch through the description, analysis and interpretation of the infonnation about the work developed in day care centers. We also suggested some changes which should take place in order that the dichotomy between taking care and educating my disappear.