Abstract

SOUSA, Taísa Resende; PEDROZA, Regina Lúcia Sucupira  and  SOUSA, José Vieira de. Childhood in focus: State, public policies and education. Linhas Críticas [online]. 2014, vol.20, n.43, pp.643-663. ISSN 1981-0431.  https://doi.org/10.5965/15164896v20n432014643.

This essay aims at discussing and analyzing, based on a literature review, the relations among state, public policies in education, and childhood. For such, it discusses education as a public policy for childhood and some conceptions of childhood, to support the understanding of the relationship between these policies and those of an educational nature defined for children today. It also addresses principles of democratic education and of quality for all, taking as reference some assumptions of the National Education Plans of 2001-2010 and 2011-2020, for early childhood education. Finally, reflections will be made, by way of propositions on the importance of valuing childhood.

Keywords : Childhood; Public Education Policies; National Education Plan.

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