Manifestações sexuais infantis: algumas reflexões para professor da educação infantil

Abstract

The theme addressed in this study is sexuality in Early Childhood Education, given the difficulty that educators encounter in dealing with the manifestations of sexuality in young children aged 4 to 5 during play, moments of socialization, recreation, pedagogical activities and daily routines. The general objective that guided the investigations is to understand how to deal with the issue of sexuality with young children in the Early Childhood Education institution. It is also expected to achieve other specific objectives such as: investigating the educator's conception of young children's sexuality in the Early Childhood Education environment; identify the teacher's stance when dealing with the topic of sexuality at this stage of teaching and analyze whether teachers consider themselves qualified to work on this topic with children in this age group. Finally, constitute a theoretical discussion that provides guidance to the teacher in this educational stage. The methodology adopted in preparing it was research with a qualitative, descriptive approach. Bibliographical research was essential for building a consistent theoretical framework and subsequently analyzing the data collected in field research, comparing the theory found in the literature with the reality learned in the CMEI – Municipal Centers for Early Childhood Education in the Municipality of Uruaçu – GO. As a research field, three public Early Childhood Education institutions were chosen. As a data collection instrument, a questionnaire with open questions was used, applied to educators from the institutions chosen as a field of observation. The collected data was analyzed and interpreted based on content analysis. The relevance of this research is due to the fact that it serves as a reference for educators who work in this educational segment, since the majority of teachers do not feel qualified or confident to work on sexual orientation with young children.