Educação infantil no Brasil: avanços e desafios

Abstract

The theme of this work is “Early Childhood Education after the Law of Guidelines and Bases 9,394/96. The problem is “what are the advances and challenges of Early Childhood Education after the Law of Guidelines and Bases 9,394/96?”. Aiming to identify and analyze the advances and challenges of Early Childhood Education after Law 9,394/96. The main research methodology is the qualitative approach. Through this main source, other methodical means also branch out, with research being carried out: bibliographic, exploratory-investigative, and documentary analysis. Results were found that this stage of education went through numerous advances, for example: the child who was seen as a miniature adult becomes an individual with rights, particularities and singularities; Early Childhood Education became a stage of Basic Education, moving away from the welfare nature to integrate care and education as inseparable; educational spaces are now designed with autonomy and ease for children; and teaching training was expanded, with an increase in the search for Degrees, and also, greater emphasis on the continued training of these professionals. The main challenges are: assisting in the training of teachers so that they have greater knowledge and more skills on how to proceed with what is proposed in the fields of experience, carrying out planning in which the child is the protagonist; clarity and understanding of educating and caring as inseparable practices; and finally, have clarity and understanding of Early Childhood Education as a unique stage full of meanings.