Relações de gênero e educação: relato de experiência na educação infantil

Abstract

The article deals with the relationship between the categories gender and early childhood education, in the way that it identifies its manifestations in this educational scope. Gender is understood as a social and cultural construction, a debate beyond the interpretation of a biological nature. Access to early childhood education is considered an achievement, firstly, in the struggle of women, later on, the right of the child. The study of the relationship between the categories is justified by the importance of the role of Education in the reproduction of social gender relations. The knowledge situated from the Author's Experience Report is presented and correlated to the concepts, definitions and legislation on the subject. The reported experience takes place at an early childhood education school in the city of Santa Maria-RS. The quantitative and qualitative study is based on documentary records, secondary data, which are accessible to school workers. The results of the analysis of the documents highlight the importance of the school as a space for discussion and reflection on gender and perception in the playful (games) of the reproduction of the social learning of gender identities.