A criança e a natureza: uma revisão da literatura nos documentos legais da educação infantil e da infância

Abstract

This research discusses the relationship between nature and childhood, It has been characterized as a qualitative study with bibliographic and documentary basis. The objective is to understand how nature has been considered in pedagogy, as a fundamental element of education. From the studies of Cultural History, we present the theme of nature and its sensibilities (CORBIN, 1989; SOARES, 2016). In this perspective, the notions of nature and childhood can be understood under countless perspectives, of time and space. Based on this assumption, we analyze the thoughts of Jean-Jacques Rousseau in the book Emílio, or da Educação, the book "I", which presents a wide contribution to think about the construction of these notions. Seeking to answer how the different understandings of nature dialogue with the legal documents of "Early Childhood Education in Brazil", we propose the following reflections: Is it possible to see the marks of na education thoughts nature in these documents? What aspects of this nature have been appreciated, throughout history, for the education of sensitivities in the childhood?