Abstract

MANHOLER, Estefânia  and  RODRIGUES, Sílvia Adriana. TEACHING CHILDREN FROM ZERO TO THREE YEARS: PERSONAL SENSE OF THE TEACHING IN DAY CARE CENTER. Revista LES [online]. 2024, vol.28, n.58, 5733.  Epub Mar 28, 2025. ISSN 2526-8449.  https://doi.org/10.26694/rles.v28i58.5733.

This article presents an excerpt from an investiagtion that sought to understand the personal sense that day care teachers attribute to their professional teaching activity. Using the historical-cultural perspective, in particular Leontiev's theory, the study, of qualitative and exploratory nature, had as participants three professionals of public day care centers in the city of Corumbá/MS and as instrument for collecting the information semi-structured interview. The obtained data were treated and analyzed in the light of the signification nucleus theory. The results allowed reflection on the fact that there were, in the participants' speech, conceptions that were not consistent with what is expected about teaching in Early Childhood Education. It was also not possible to confirm the initial hypothesis that there would be a difference in the attribution of senses according to the length of professional experience; however, signs were noted that the senses may change according to the professional training process, even if not decisively. The contradictions present in the teachers' statements demonstrated how the attribution of personal senses and the construction of motives are complex and variable, which led to reaffirm the importance of professional training. Similary pointed to the need to recognize it as a means by which individuals construct and reconstruct their conceptions, understand the context in which they are inserted and can develop awareness of their real social condition.

Keywords : Day Care Educators; Sense and Meaning; Teacher Education.

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