Promovendo a imaginação sociológica na educação infantil

Abstract

This monograph will describe the process of elaboration, planning and development of the Intervention Project that was developed by the author, a graduate student of the Licentiate Degree in Social Sciences at the Federal University of Santa Maria, RS, Brazil, during the second semester of 2021. The project It was intended to serve students from pre-school classes, at EMEI Zulânia, located in Santa Maria, RS. The workshop had an introductory character and explored social, anthropological and political themes and concepts, aiming to contribute to the development of teaching practices necessary to transpose the knowledge of Social Sciences into concrete school knowledge in Early Childhood Education. The motivation for the project arose from the question of how to promote the sociological imagination of children in Kindergarten? With the general objective of administering the workshop Promoting Sociological Imagination in Early Childhood Education, the Intervention Project aimed at the following specific objectives: I- Discuss with the participating teachers themes and concepts from the Social Sciences that can be addressed in Early Childhood Education; II- Present the content of Social Sciences to children; III- Assess the knowledge acquired through playful activities, and; IV- Collect data to carry out an educational action research. Through the realization of the workshop, it was possible to verify that the students of Kindergarten interacted, researched/inquired and questioned about themes and concepts of Social Sciences and, mediated by the teachers, carried out the proposed didactic-pedagogical activities with interest and dedication. As well, it was observed that the teachers dialogued with each other, problematized and understood the potential and the curricular challenges of integrating themes and concepts from Social Sciences for Early Childhood Education. Thus, it was found that the contribution of the teaching of Sociology in Early Childhood Education was notorious, both in the formation of values and in social practices capable of contributing to socialization, making the Social Sciences more attractive and understandable for students at the school EMEI Zulânia.