ACCESS AND QUALITY POLICIES IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION: PRACTICES FOR ORGANIZING SPACES AND TIMES IN A PROINFÂNCIA UNIT
Proinfância; Daycare; Spaces; Times; Early Childhood Education.
Program for Restructuring and Equipping the Public Early Childhood Education Network. The methodology adopted will be qualitative, using observations, semi-structured interviews, and Laurence Bardin's content analysis. The study will comprise three stages: the first stage will be to observe the functioning of the institution; the second stage will be to observe the daycare classes; and the third and final stage will be interviews with the daycare teachers. The theoretical framework is supported by Stephen Ball and his collaborators' Policy Cycle approach. We will use the concepts of authors who recognize educational policies for Early Childhood Education, such as Moyses Kuhlmann, Lizete Arelaro, and Beatriz Abuchaim, with contributions from legal frameworks. We will consider the perspectives of authors on the quality of early childhood education, such as Maria Malta Campos, Maria Luiza Rodrigues Flores, and Simone Santos de Albuquerque. To discuss spaces and times in Early Childhood Education, we will use the studies of Lina Iglesias Forneiro, Maria Carmem Silveira Barbosa, and Graça Souza Horn. Based on the results of this study, it is hoped that they will contribute to early childhood education, highlighting the importance of investing in public policies that recognize the need to respect and improve the quality of children's spaces and time.