A PRESENÇA DA RELIGIÃO NA UNIDADE MUNICIPAL DE EDUCAÇÃO INFANTIL ANA MARIA FONTES LYRA, EM VILA VELHA (ES)

Abstract

In this work, whose theme is the presence of religion in the Ana Maria Fontes Lyra Municipal Child Education Unit, in Vila Velha (ES), the problem question that we seek to answer, through this study is the following: how religiosity is present in the pedagogical practice of Early Childhood Education, based on the practice of the body of professionals who work at the Ana Maria Fontes Lyra Municipal Child Education Unit in Vila Velha (ES)? The general objective is to analyze the presence of religiosity in Early Childhood Education, from the pedagogical practice of teachers. As for the specific objectives, we sought to carry out theoretical-historical surveys on the development of Early Childhood Education in Brazil, pointing to its inclusion as the first stage in Basic Education; to reflect on the pedagogical practice in Early Childhood Education based on caring – educating – playing; to identify the presence or absence of religion in Early Childhood Education. The work showed that, at UMEI Ana Maria Fontes Lyra, teachers do not speak directly about religiosity to children. However, such children are awakened and constantly encouraged, above all, to develop behaviors that denote understanding and, also, the practice of good living in society. To this end, two were the main investigation methods: theoretical research on the development of Early Childhood Education; qualitative field research, carried out through case studies, with the objective of perceiving how from the pedagogical practice in the environment of the aforementioned UMEI, religion is present. In relation to data collection, this study is classified as a survey research, obtaining information on factors that are of interest to the characterization of the perception of the subjects of the researched area. Among the research techniques, the case study was adopted, as it allows analyzing the flow of information, with the objective of obtaining quantitative and qualitative data.