A diversidade religiosa na educação infantil: um estudo sobre as produções acadêmicas e documentos oficiais

Abstract

Considering that living in a country rich in cultural and religious diversity where the manifestations of this diversity are usually present in different areas of social life, this Course Conclusion Work seeks to reflect on the importance of approaching religious diversity from Education. Infantile, in order to observe the formative possibilities and pedagogical limits of this approach in the teaching-learning process, as well as, the lack of approach to the theme from the early years can be harmful to the teaching process. Therefore, it was necessary to identify the main problems encountered during the teaching process with regard to religious diversity at school, especially in Early Childhood Education, where the factors that influence the teaching-learning process were analyzed to achieve this objective. an analysis was made of the works produced by the academic community which were busy researching the theme. A bibliographical and documentary research was carried out, where the theoretical foundation is argued in the works aimed at the research of religious diversity and had as maincriteria, the proximity to the theme, religious diversity in early childhood education, as well as the year of publication, giving priority to the most recent work produced. In view of this, it was found that many researchers have focused on the topic of Religious Diversity currently, as well as there are many constitutional-legal documents that aim to protect the right of individuals to cultural and religious freedom and that it is imperative that religious diversity be a theme that is always present in the school since the early years, which in turn brought the realization that it is up to the school to prioritize the theme in classes, not only in the discipline of religious teaching, but that it can also be approached in an interdisciplinary way so that the theme can be present in all subjects, always emphasizing its importance for a peaceful, tolerant and respectful coexistence, however, after analyzing all the collected data, it was evident the importance of valuing the religious teaching of education, as well as the importance to prioritize school activities that aim to make students aware of the respect to religious diversity.