Avaliação na educação infantil: uma construção possível

Abstract

This study aimed to verify the different presuppositions and criteria of Evaluation at Children’s Education at the involved school, considering the phase of development; how it is organized in the processes of Education Management and in the Political Educational Project; and to point out the teachers’ practical theoretical conception concerning Evaluation at Children’s Education. The study was based on authors as Hoffmann (1996, 1998, 1999, 2003), Lima (1999), Lück (2006) among others. The investigation was developed through a qualitative approach, of the type case – study with the carrying out of questionnaires to teachers and parents, the observation in classroom and the analysis of the Political Educational Project. It was possible to notice that the school works with the Evaluation at Children’s Education in a way that it is satisfactory to the children’s full development, considering the current phase of learning they are. Therefore, the school inserts itself in the Political Educational Project. It was noticed that the school develops principles of a democratic management, integrating teachers, employees, students, parents and the community in general. In this sense, the Evaluation was presented as parents and teachers’ worry, observing the student in all levels of his or her learning and it works in a way that it investigates the difficulties and advances of each one. As a result of this, it was possible to notice that the Evaluation is part of a process that requires the participation of all the involved in the education context. Key – words: Evaluation; Children’s Education; Political Educational Project