Concepções sobre o desenvolvimento infantil em estudantes de pedagogia

Abstract

Since early childhood education is one of the most important periods for the process of child development and the learning of skills and abilities, this study aimed to know and analyze the conceptions of pedagogy students about child development. We sought specifically: to understand the concepts of childhood, what produces development in children and what are the consequences that the lack of knowledge about child development would cause in the practice of the pedagogue (a). The methodology used was qualitative, descriptive research that aimed to analyze the participants' knowledge about child development and their conceptions in order to obtain an analysis of their experiences, experiences and educational practices. Twenty (20) students of Pedagogy from the Federal University of Delta do Parnaíba participated in this research. The results obtained through the analysis of the questionnaires showed that the participants, in their majority, limit childhood as just a natural stage in human life, full of “magic”, often conceptualizing it as a phase of unconcern, not taking into account its complexity is the result of a historical and social construction, and that child development occurs mostly through the social environment in which the child is inserted.