Playfulness in early childhood education

Renata Dias de Freitas, Angelo Ricardo Balduino

Playful, Early Childhood Education, Mediator.

The present work had as a line of research "The ludic in early childhood education" as a general objective to show the work of teachers in early childhood education regarding playfulness, such as playing and developing and the activities developed in municipal schools in Porto Nacional - TO , in the morning period of the pre-school that serves students aged between four and six years old. Twenty-three teachers collaborated for the field research in three schools. This research had a qualitative approach, with a descriptive and explanatory nature. In the first moment, there were collections of data obtained based on the application of the questionnaire, and the second part was to tabulate the data, generate the graphs and obtain the results and discussion. It is concluded that the tasks developed in the classroom regarding the ludic is valued by the pedagogues, they are specific methods, activities developed in the educational space are necessary for the student's reality and for the pedagogue who is as a mediator. The analysis of the results indicates that the teachers, in turn, work with the games, but the lack of adequate spaces makes the ludic pedagogical practices unsatisfactory.

Received: 17 Jun 2023, Receive in revised form: 21 Jul 2023, Accepted: 02 Aug 2023, Available online: 12 Aug 2023

10.22161/ijaers.108.4