Pedagogia hospitalar: relato de experiência narrada e vivida no projeto de extensão “Crescer, HUPAA/UFAL”

Abstract

This article aims to identify the challenges and pedagogical possibilities in caring for children and adolescents who are hospitalized and unable to attend the regular education classroom. More specifically, we sought to discuss the historical and legal path of Hospital Pedagogy and analyze the experience lived in the extension project “Growing: pedagogical support for hospitalized children and adolescents and/or with chronic illnesses” at the Hospital Universitário Alberto Antunes–HUPAA –UFAL. The work was developed through qualitative and descriptive research, through which we described and analyzed the experiences lived in the extension project. The research result shows that the pedagogue's experience in a hospital environment is fundamental for hospitalized children and adolescents, requiring professionals to be more involved in their work. The extension activities carried out in the Hospital Class allowed us to understand that the pedagogue's role is broad and diverse and that the educational practice developed in the hospital environment lacks a humanized perspective and a playful practice that encourages the participation and integration of children and adolescents in the construction of the knowledge and logical reasoning.