Experiências estéticas na educação infantil: práticas pedagógicas desenhadas pela arte.

Abstract

This dissertation arises from the need to address the importance of art within the daily life of early childhood education. Understanding their role in the aesthetic formation of children, it is expected to answer the question: What spaces and times are promoted by preschool teachers to favor the occurrence of aesthetic experiences in the daily lives of children? The general objective of this research is to analyze and problematize the teaching practice of kindergarten teachers in the city of Pelotas regarding aesthetic experiences. Thus, it was selected a kindergarten school of the municipal network that is considered as a reference for presenting a proposal and a work that includes the arts within their daily lives. Two teachers from the Pre 1 and Pre 2 classes of the referred school participated in this research, which allowed observations and interviews. The theoretical contribution of this dissertation is supported by authors who present important contributions in the field of education, early childhood education, teacher education and aesthetic education, such as: Barbieri (2012), Dewey (2011), Duarte Jr (2000), Cunha ( 2018), Nóvoa (2009), Ostetto (2011), Perissé (2014), Saviani (2013), Vecchi (2017) and Vigotski (2010). Through this research, it was possible to realize that the teachers recognize the importance of art in early childhood education, seek to use it in daily life, but feel a lack of preparation that they believe to be the result of deficient academic education they had. According to the teachers, there was little study about art during the academic formation, so it is a challenge to think about proposals that make use of artistic languages. Moreover, think about the development of an aesthetic education, which aims to think about times and spaces that may favor aesthetic experiences. Times and spaces are usually designed to meet class organization needs for routine activity and organization. Thus, it is necessary to discuss and study the theme presented in this dissertation so that we can advance in favor of pedagogical practices that are designed by art, aesthetically educating our children since early childhood education.