21-11-2022


31-12-2023


The project "Childcare Centres in Portugal: Policies, Concepts and Practices. Contributions to the Training of Early Childhood Educators" was born out of a concern to participate in the national debate on daycare centres as an educational context for young children in close coordination with families and the community.
The project aims to contribute to the debate on policies for early childhood, the public education space and training in early childhood education and is informed by the Education Sciences. It has a national geographical scope and is based on a mixed methodology and a diversified data collection process: a questionnaire survey of nursery school teachers working in nursery schools - a process that is currently underway; documentary analysis of policies in Portugal and the European Union - an activity that is also underway; and interviews with recognised personalities in the field of educational thinking and policies on nursery schools. Interviews are planned with recognised personalities in the field of educational thinking and policies on childcare, representatives of professional associations such as APEI and ACPEEP, as well as leaders of government bodies such as the General Directorate of Education of the Ministry of Education (DGE), the Social Security Institute (ISS), the Directorate of Education of the Autonomous Regions of the Azores and Madeira and the National Education Council (CNE).
The expected results allow us to frame and discuss the nursery school context in policies for children, characterise nursery schools in Portugal in terms of their conceptions and practices with children aged 0-3, based on the opinions of nursery school teachers, as well as about the profession; point out contributions to the training of nursery school teachers.


PIV – Inclusion Policies and Voices: Diversity, Gender and Intersectionality


Projeto apoiado através do Financiamento Plurianual do CIIE (Financiamento Base, com a ref.ª UIDB/00167/2020), atribuído pela Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, IP. (no quadro da 1ª edição do concurso interno de apoio a projetos de investigação 2020-2023 do CIIE)


Childcare centres; Policies; Conceptions and practices; Training; Early childhood educators


Cristina Rocha

Manuela Ferreira


Catarina Tomás, Escola Superior de Educação de Lisboa e CICS.NOVA
Roseli Nazario, Instituto Federal Catarinense - IFC/Brasil e FPCEUP/CIIE

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