The contribution of child education on the social skills’ repertory of children of 4 and 5 years old

Abstract

The objective of this study is to comprehend the effects of the pedagogical proposals and socioeconomic contexts on the repertoire of social skills of children of 4 and 5 years old from two Child Education institutions, one public and one private from the city of Ipiaú-Bahia. The methodological path was inspired in exploratory and qualitative research. The data was generated through the analysis of the Political Pedagogical Project of each institution, field journal and semi structured interview. The informations generated through field and documental research, from the categories: Child Education, social skills and socioeconomic context allowed to know the potentialities, the gaps and the contradictions of the theme of social skills in Child Education in that context. The results of the researches indicate that the notion of social skills is relatively new in the area of education and less spread. As much in educational reality as in legislation, social skills, even not being recognized and worked as such are present in an indirect way. It was also verified that there is no distinction between the repertory of social skills from children enrolled in Child Education in distinct socioeconomic and pedagogic proposals. The repertory of social skills of the children is influenced by the familiar, educational and religious context, by the social support nets, and others.