On conceptions of Childhood and Early Childhood Education present in the PNLD 2022

Abstract

This article aims to present some results of a research study that investigated the conceptions of childhood and Early Childhood Education that are present in the textbooks for Early Childhood Education according to the PNLD Notice n. 02/2020. The research was developed through a qualitative documentary methodology inspired by Michel Foucault, particularly the concept of biopolitical governance, which was used as an analytical tool. The analytical corpus was composed of the educational work “Desafios Educação Infantil Pré-escola I”, volumes I and II, published by Editora Moderna, focusing on the teachers’ manuals. The results pointed a strong standardization within textbooks and a limited space for the agency of both teachers and children, reverberating through prevailing conceptions of Early Childhood Education and shaping teachers’ professional practices.