EFFECTIVE EARLY LEARNING: A PRAXEOLOGICAL AND PARTICIPATORY APPROACH TO EVALUATING AND IMPROVING QUALITY IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION

Authors

  • Chris Pascal St. Thomas Children’s Centre, Birmingham/UK.
  • Tony Bertram St. Thomas Children’s Centre, Birmingham/UK

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21879/faeeba2358-0194.2018.v27.n51.p105-120

Keywords:

Qualidade pedagógica, Produções infantis, Avaliação participativa, Abordagens praxeológicas, Bem-estar infantil

Abstract

Este artigo reconhece a importância de proporcionar uma educação inicial de alta qualidade a crianças pequenas visando à promoção de resultados positivos a longo prazo que favoreçam a mobilidade social para os menos favorecidos. Oferece uma estratégia para melhorar a qualidade pedagógica em ambientes da primeira infância no mundo todo, em situações em que a qualidade permanece baixa para muitas crianças, e estabelece um modelo praxeológico alternativo de avaliação e melhoria de qualidade democrático, participativo, inclusivo e culturalmente sensível, ao invés de universalizado e pautado em referências métricas. O programa de avaliação e melhoria da qualidade da aprendizagem Precoce Efetiva (Effective Early Learning – EEL) adota essa abordagem participativa, sendo um sucesso a sua implementação no Reino Unido, em Portugal e na Holanda, com evidências de seu impacto no aprimoramento do bem-estar das crianças, envolvimento infantil e disposições infantis para aprender através da melhoria da qualidade dos processos pedagógicos e da promoção de contexto educativo propício em que estes ocorrem. Este artigo reconhece a importância de proporcionar uma educação inicial de alta qualidade a crianças pequenas visando à promoção de resultados positivos a longo prazo que favoreçam a mobilidade social para os menos favorecidos. Oferece uma estratégia para melhorar a qualidade pedagógica em ambientes da primeira infância no mundo todo, em situações em que a qualidade permanece baixa para muitas crianças, e estabelece um modelo praxeológico alternativo de avaliação e melhoria de qualidade democrático, participativo, inclusivo e culturalmente sensível, ao invés de universalizado e pautado em referências métricas. O programa de avaliação e melhoria da qualidade da aprendizagem Precoce Efetiva (Effective Early Learning – EEL) adota essa abordagem participativa, sendo um sucesso a sua implementação no Reino Unido, em Portugal e na Holanda, com evidências de seu impacto no aprimoramento do bem-estar das crianças, envolvimento infantil e disposições infantis para aprender através da melhoria da qualidade dos processos pedagógicos e da promoção de contexto educativo propício em que estes ocorrem.

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Author Biographies

Chris Pascal, St. Thomas Children’s Centre, Birmingham/UK.

PhD in Education at University of Worcester/UK. Professor and Director for the Centre for Research in Early Childhood (CREC), St. Thomas Children’s Centre, Birmingham/UK. President and Co-Founder of the European Early Childhood Education Research Association (EECERA)

Tony Bertram, St. Thomas Children’s Centre, Birmingham/UK

PhD in Early Childhood Studies at University of Coventry/UK. Professor and Director for the Centre for Research in Early Childhood (CREC), St. Thomas Children’s Centre, Birmingham/UK. President and Co-Founder of the European Early Childhood Education Research Association (EECERA).

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Published

2018-04-27

How to Cite

PASCAL, C.; BERTRAM, T. EFFECTIVE EARLY LEARNING: A PRAXEOLOGICAL AND PARTICIPATORY APPROACH TO EVALUATING AND IMPROVING QUALITY IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION. Revista da FAEEBA - Educação e Contemporaneidade, [S. l.], v. 27, n. 51, p. 105–120, 2018. DOI: 10.21879/faeeba2358-0194.2018.v27.n51.p105-120. Disponível em: https://revistas.uneb.br/index.php/faeeba/article/view/4969. Acesso em: 21 nov. 2024.