A emergência da cultura de pares infantil na pedagogia Waldorf

Abstract

The interest in thinking a pedagogical practice that considers the principal role of the child led me to work out this research in order to understand whether and how the teaching practice based on anthroposophy, especially the importance of playing in this practice, enables time - place creation, negotiation and sharing of meanings - match culture, according to Corsaro (2009) among children in childhood education. From this goal, new questions have arisen: what are the principles of Waldorf pedagogy contribute to the emergence of the match culture among children? How the mediation of the teacher occur in this process? What is the importance of playing in the construction of match culture in the context of Waldorf pedagogy? I realized the possibility of understanding these issues establishing a dialogue between the anthroposophic philosophy, which emphasizes the integral aspect of the human being; the sociology of childhood, which recognizes and values the child's autonomy, and considers the child creative of their own cultures and historical perspective cultural, which brings the cultural dimension in the individual’s constitution. The dialogue established between the three theoretical perspectives around the themes: the nature of the human being, child development and playing could be further from the observation of teaching practice. Considering that this was my starting point, the pedagogical practice, and the interest in learning a particular case, a specific situation: a match culture among children in the context of Waldorf pedagogy, considering its context and complexity, I decided to adopt the ethnographic case study. The fieldwork took place in Paineira school, which is based on the Waldorf Pedagogy, located in Juiz de Fora. It was chosen as the research subjects a teacher and 3-6 years children (a class of kindergarten). It was used as instruments of data production: participant observation, in accordance with the principles of ethnography, as well as photographs of the spaces experienced by the children. The analysis of the situations experienced by the children, in the context of Waldorf pedagogy education, allowed me to say that the rhythm, which is considered one of the fundamental principles of early childhood education in anthroposophic perspective, is an element that favors the emergence of match culture among children. The environment built within the rhythm, involving the objects offered, the teacher’s performance, the spaces used, and times available are relevant factors that act directly on the child's activity, which is developed based on the concrete life conditions, as pointed out by Vygotsky.