O BRINQUEDO EM INSTITUIÇOES PÚBLICAS DE EDUCAÇAO INFANTIL: OS SIGNIFICADOS ATRIBUÍDOS POR PAIS E PROFESSORAS

Abstract

This dissertation analyzes the meaning given the toy for parents and teachers at a public institution of education. The issue involved the need for a study about the importance of toys for child development, as well as the conceptualization that is attributed to terms such as play, game, toy and game. Another aspect investigated concerns the way parents and educators understand how children appropriate the toys to create play situations, as well as its importance in education. In order to proceed to this investigation, we sought a grounding in the theoretical framework that follows the socio-historical perspective of Vygotsky (1916-1934), which postulates the influence and interplay of social, cultural and the biological development of the individual. Also contributed to the construction of this theoretical framework, other authors, as Kishimoto (2008), Elkonin (1998), Huizinga (1999, 1993); by Brougère (1997,1999, 2004) and Rock (2005). For Vygotsky (2007), is the experience in the human environment, the activity that occurred in the interaction with other individuals that allow the development of a new and complex psychological system in children. This study about the meanings attributed by parents of young children and teachers from kindergarten through play and the toy can help us understand the social situation of children compared to adults. To perform this study, besides reviewing the literature, we conducted a field survey, a qualitative approach, whose main instrument of data collection was the interview, guided tours designed specifically for this purpose: a model for educators and another for parents. Analyzing the results obtained on how parents and teachers realize how children take ownership of the toy to create situations of play, we could see that they believe in development through interaction in everyday life, where the toy acts as a facilitator.