A HISTORICAL-CULTURAL THEORY AND THE METHODOLOGICAL ASSUMPTIONS OF CELESTIN B. FREINET AND THE EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION

Abstract

This work is part of a Doctorate's research, which had as the main objective to understand what is the meaning of school to small children (last stage of the early childhood education) regarding to the living experiences offered to them through different pedagogical proposal. It was selected a Freinet school for this study. Firstly, the school culture was analyzed and the personal meaning in the historical cultural Theory; aspects of the Freinet theory; and last, some general aspects of the researched/interviews. The experiences contribute to an independent, critic and participative formation of the children, attached to the creation of a humanized meaning of the school.