Contribuições das atividades lúdicas para o ensino e aprendizagem na Educação Infantil

Abstract

The objective of this work was to describe conceptions of pedagogues about play and play in early childhood education. The theoretical reference presents the contributions of Vygtosky and other authors that highlight the contributions of play in teaching and learning processes. The present study is a qualitative and exploratory research. The data were collected from the application of a questionnaire to pedagogues that work in early childhood education, with the purpose of understanding and elucidating the understanding of the subject addressed. As for the data analysis procedures, the content analysis was used and the categories were defined a posteriori. In the participants' responses, it is inferred that play is allied to the child's development and learning processes. As a conclusion we present the play and the playful in the pedagogical work and its implications for teaching in children's education.