Amostra da realidade do uso do espaço físico na educação infantil no municipio de Caucaia, Ce

Abstract

The physical space used by early childhood education should be seen as a significant place for integral development process of the child, it is a rich and stimulating resource to be used by professionals as an educator element that enables the develop a more creative work and dynamic, emphasizing the interaction between children and those with other people, respecting the rhythms and needs of each child is inserted in this space, which must be properly prepared to complement the development of children. The theoretical basis of this work lies in the ‘sociointeracionismo’ framework and the main authors cited were: Horn (2004), Forneiro (1998), Zabalza (1998), Galvão (1995), Zilma (2010), Kuhlmann JR (1998), among others. This paper analyzes the perception of Early Childhood Education teachers in the municipality of Caucaia City about the use of pre-school physical space. We used two techniques that helped in data collection: observation and questionnaire. The observation took place in a school of Early Childhood Education located in the neighborhood called ‘Metropolis’, located in the region of ‘Jurema’ in Caucaia, where, for ten days, the activities of a ‘Infantil V’ room were followed by observing the ways that professional used the school physical spaces with children, analyzing the activities taking place in these areas, as these moments were planned use of space and understanding the teacher had about the organization of space and its use. The questionnaires was made with professionals who engage with groups of ‘Infantil V’ of the municipality of Caucaia and took place over a teacher training event, held by the Department of Municipal Education. Thirty-two questionnaires were applied between professionals working in the six Regions School, with the following distribution: Jurema - eight questionnaires, Headquarters - five questionnaires, Beach - Four questionnaires, 020 BR - five questionnaires, BR222 - six questionnaires, and Garrote - Four questionnaires. The research result shows that the spaces available to carry out the activities with the children are treated in most cases as small and uncomfortable. It is noticed that there is a lack of knowledge on the part of professionals, the importance of the convenient use the spaces available to carry out the activities with the children.