CONTRIBUIÇÕES DO ENSINO RELIGIOSO NA EDUCAÇÃO INFANTIL: UM OLHAR PARA A FORMAÇÃO DO SUJEITO

Abstract

With the development of a critical-reflective look towards religious teaching in the school, this work becomes an important object of study. With the proclamation of secular education Religious Education is still developing clear methodologies in the educational field even though it is recognized as a curricular component in basic education. Through the bias of the Sciences of Religion and directing the view to Religious Education in early childhood education as a formative element of the subject in a citizen perspective, this work aims to: Analyze the contributions of religious school education in the formation of children Early childhood education as social beings. And as specific objectives: To define the relationship between Science of Religion and Religious Education in the construction of the subject; describe the history of religious teaching in Brazil; relate the contributions of Religious Education in Early Childhood Education. The nature of this work led us to a qualitative approach of descriptive character, through historical-bibliographical study of documentary analysis in books, magazines, decrees, laws and so on. as an instrument of data analysis. Proposing a review and descriptive analysis of the concepts under study. The concepts analyzed are the relationship between Science of Religion and Religious Education worked at school, as a curricular component that aims to work on diversity and cultural plurality as well as citizen formation. The authors who contributed to this research were Sena (2007), Teixeira (2008), Bourdieu (1978), Junqueira (2007) and others of fundamental importance for this research.