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Understanding the slow and inevitable evolution of Early Childhood Education: Analysis of the discourse on early childhood education in Portuguese Estado Novo (1933-1974)
| Resumo: | This study aims to contribute to a comprehensive understanding of the development of Early Childhood Education in Portugal during the Estado Novo (1933 to 1974), a conservative, nationalist, and authoritarian political regime. Employing a critical discourse analysis approach, the research investigates the various perspectives, justifications and oppositions invoked for the establishment, or rejection, of early childhood education and explores prevalent ideas about children’s education. Data is sourced from Portuguese pedagogical press, covering the Estado Novo period. The findings of this study shed light on the transformation of discourses surrounding early childhood education in the Portuguese Estado Novo. The period between 1933 and 1944 was characterized by a medical-hygienist focus on welfare; however, in the postWorld War II the discourse shifted towards a psychopedagogical emphasis on education (1945-1974). As for the pedagogical methods, the Montessori method emerged as the most favoured pedagogical approach for young children throughout the Estado Novo era. |
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| Autores principais: | Vilhena, Carla |
| Outros Autores: | Ferreira, António Gomes; Mota, Luís |
| Assunto: | Discourse analysis early childhood education preschool education pedagogical press Portugal análise de discurso educação de infância educação pré-escolar imprensa educacional análisis del discurso educación infantil educación pré-escolar revistas de educación |
| Ano: | 2024 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Tipo de acesso: | acesso aberto |
| Instituição associada: | Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| Origem: | Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra |
| Resumo: | This study aims to contribute to a comprehensive understanding of the development of Early Childhood Education in Portugal during the Estado Novo (1933 to 1974), a conservative, nationalist, and authoritarian political regime. Employing a critical discourse analysis approach, the research investigates the various perspectives, justifications and oppositions invoked for the establishment, or rejection, of early childhood education and explores prevalent ideas about children’s education. Data is sourced from Portuguese pedagogical press, covering the Estado Novo period. The findings of this study shed light on the transformation of discourses surrounding early childhood education in the Portuguese Estado Novo. The period between 1933 and 1944 was characterized by a medical-hygienist focus on welfare; however, in the postWorld War II the discourse shifted towards a psychopedagogical emphasis on education (1945-1974). As for the pedagogical methods, the Montessori method emerged as the most favoured pedagogical approach for young children throughout the Estado Novo era. |
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