A afetividade na educação infantil

Abstract

The present work aimed to analyze and discuss the importance of the theme: Affectivity in Early Childhood Education, a theme that is of fundamental importance for professionals in this area, as well as the importance of the teacher in the development and approach of affectivity. Because talking about Early Childhood Education requires a clear and sincere expression about affectivity in pedagogical practice. The professional who cares about his practice, seeks knowledge to develop an excellent work with children. To compose this work, we searched for some conceptions of affectivity and some considerations about Early Childhood Education. The theoretical foundation is supported by the vision of great renowned theorists who defend the subject, such as: Piaget, Freire, Vygotsky, Wallon, Lisbon, among others; which cover the assessment of when and how affectivity should be used as a tool to bring teachers and students closer, and the importance of raising awareness among educators about approaching it in their pedagogical practices. For this, we also rely on interviews conducted with professionals in the area and with parents of students in this learning age group. This is a descriptive study of a qualitative nature and with a bibliographic nature, where we used as a research instrument, a questionnaire that was applied to the subjects studied, as well as research carried out in databases and virtual libraries. The result of the research showed that the professionals of Early Childhood Education, as well as the parents of the students, consider affection an essential and indispensable tool in the process of development and learning of children, its benefits are of total importance for the personal and social formation of the individual. The objectives bring: cooperation, tolerance, friendship, solidarity, taste for teaching, respect and satisfactory interaction between student and teacher. This work was of paramount importance for our training, allowing us to research on a topic so pleasant and pleasant to learn, it is very gratifying to see that professionals in Early Childhood Education every day seek to train themselves, striving more and more to become the best in the classroom, overcoming their fears and challenges to be professionals of excellence.