As muitas faces do trabalho que se realiza na educação infantil / The many faces of the work being done in early childhood education

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2010

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This paper reveals the many faces of the work done in children education (CE) institutions. In order to do so, it starts from the assumption that it is necessary to understand the logics in which the world of work structures itself in the CE, to comprehend the unfolding of the alienated and fetishized relationships which are developed in these institutions. Therefore, I ground the discussion in the conception of work in Marx and in the principle that it is through work that man constitutes himself as such. Thus it is through work that they set relationships with other human beings and with nature, transforming the world and themselves and, in this construction, they constitute their own identity. Work, ergo, is a fundamental element of the ontological condition of human beings. From this perspective, it was necessary to understand the meaning of alienation strangeness and covering of reality and the ramifications of the fetish of work in the capitalist society. It was also my purpose to investigate the relationship between education and work in the capitalist society, a discussion based on Marx (1975, 1978, 1980, 1983, 1993); Marx and Engels (1998, 2002); Lukács (1979); Mészáros (2002, 2005), Mascarenhas (2002, 2005); Antunes (1999a, 1999b, 2001, 2006); Frigotto (1989, 2000a, 2000b, 2001, 2004). The specificity of the work in children education and the teaching work was approached from the theoretical bases of Arce (2005, 2004, 2007, 2009), Saviani (1984, 1988, 1991, 2003, 2008); Paro (1979, 1988, 2000); Duarte (2001, 2004, 2006) and other authors. The methodological approach used in the research was an exploratory study with dominantly qualitative procedures, having also some quantitative elements. The research was carried out in children education centers in the towns of Jataí, Serranópolis and Chapadão do Céu, Goiás State, in order to notice the different aspects which constitute the work developed. The instruments used were documental analysis, observation, dialogues, semi-structured interviews, questionnaires and research report, grounded on different authors: Lakatos and Marconi (1986), Fazenda (1989), Frigotto (1989), Santos Filho and Gamboa (2001). The research unveils the need and the possibility of the existence of CE schools which are properly prepared for children education. Thus, I emphasize, for workers who work in this stage of education, the necessity of assuming themselves as CE teaching workers, which requires deep and solid knowledge regarding the peculiarities of each stage of child development. Therefore, this notion is distant from ideas sets which fetishize the existence of small children, as possessing certain so-called autonomous features, concerning the interpersonal and inter psychological processes directed to them.

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alienation and fetish work children education educacao trabalho, educação infantil, alienação e fetiche

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