Heloisa Marinho and Early Childhood Education in Brazil (1952-1978)

• Grant number: 12/00991-4
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: June 01, 2012
• End date: May 31, 2013
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Education - Fundamentals of Education
• Principal Investigator: Alessandra Arce Hai
• Grantee: Mariana de Oliveira Faria
• Host Institution: Centro de Educação e Ciências Humanas (CECH). Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCAR). São Carlos , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Heloisa Marinha was a great scholar in Brazil. Her work was dedicated to early childhood education. Reading her works one can find out a variety of information about early childhood concepts present in 1950s in Brazil. This research aim is to analyze the concepts of child and education presented in Heloisa Marinho works. In order to do that this research will be carried out based in Savianis research methodology to work wiht pedagogical ideas.