O atendimento às crianças de três anos nas escolas da rede municipal de ensino de Juiz de Fora: um desafio à gestão da qualidade na educação infantil

Abstract

This thesis, based on a case of educational management, aims to understand how the care of children three years is offered in public schools in Juiz de For a in order to propose an Action Plan that can support managers of public education to act in a reflective form to attend this demand. Children in this age group wants a differentiated service by presenting specific needs and characteristics and it is necessary that the school and all school staff organize themselves to offer this service, requiring a reorganization of existing teaching practices, a reorganization of time, space and materials, as well as the adequacy of the political pedagogical project and the training of teachers. To discuss all the dynamics of this service, dialoguing with official documents that deal with early childhood education, among them Parameters of Quality of Early Childhood Education, Criteria for a Customer Childcares that respect Children Fundamental Rights, the Quality Indicators of Early Childhood Education and also with the Curriculum proposal from Municipal System of Juiz de Fora for Early Childhood Education. At the end, this dissertation presents a proposal of intervention to the Municipal Secretary of Education so that care for children from 3 years would be accompanied by a reflection and an intense debate to assured to them the constitutional right to a quality of care, taking into consideration the legal, the ideal and the real.