Abordagem Pikler e o currículo da educação infantil: relações e perspectivas

Abstract

This Undergraduate Thesis addresses the theme of the “Pikler Approach and the Early Childhood Education curriculum” as the central focus. The theme emerges from the academic studies experienced throughout the course of Pedagogy and the completion of internships developed in the field of Early Childhood Education. The problem that originates this study addresses the question: “What relations and perspectives exist between the curricular guidelines of Early Childhood Education and the Pikler Approach premises?”. It is sought by this study to investigate the existing relations and perspectives between the National Curricular Guidelines for Early Childhood Education and its review and the Pikler Approach premises. The methodology path utilizes a qualitative approach, as well as documentary and bibliographic research and state of knowledge review. The produced data were analyzed based on the Discursive Textual Analysis methodology. In this way, the research is structured in four chapters. The first chapter presents the methodology used to develop the research. The second chapter presents the historical and legal paths of the concept of the child and the Early Childhood Education curriculum. The third chapter seeks to reflect on the Pikler Approach premises, highlighting the free movement, the autonomy and the relations between adults and children. The fourth chapter sought to analyze what relations and perspectives exist between the curricular guidelines of Early Childhood Education and the Pikler Approach through the Discursive Textual Analysis, organized in four categories: Autonomy; Affective bonding/care; Movement; and Safe/environment. Finally, the pertinent research findings enabled the understanding of the countless relations and perspectives between the curricular guidelines of Early Childhood Education and the Pikler Approach premise, revealing encounters that are sustained by a pedagogy of respect and ethics in the educational daily life.