Gênero na educação infantil e ensino fundamental I

Abstract

The theme “gender” itself is a controversial title, the approach of it in schools for early children’s education and elementary education is no different. The main objective of this research is to identify which materials and methodologies are used to approach gender in early childhood and elementary schools I. To arrive at the result, the qualitative approach of the descriptive and explanatory. The data collection took place according to the analysis of two types of questionnaires, one physical with professionals from two Municipality schools in the Southern Metropolitan Region of Curitiba and another online carried out on a digital Google Forms platform. Thus, some positions and contributions were obtained from education professionals, which together with the theoretical foundation supported the researcher's hypothesis that currently most education professionals resist and / or do not feel comfortable presenting the gender theme in a school environment. Such resistance to the gender approach comes from several factors, highlighting the educator's cultural convictions and the environment in which the students are inserted; fear of criticism from the students' parents regarding the subject and, also, by the lack of preparation of the teachers (continuous training). Therefore, this work will favor reflection on the child's right to form his own identity without stereotyped interventions about what a boy or a girl can and cannot do.