O desenvolvimento da linguagem como caminho para a liberdade

um olhar para a Educação Infantil

Abstract

The present research aims to highlight the significance of language development as a path to freedom, taking early childhood education as the investigation context. It is also taken into consideration the COVID-19 pandemic scenario, which has gained ground since the beginning of 2020. Due to necessary protocols to contain the virus, the pandemic has had an important influence on pedagogical practices. Restrictions instituted by the official scope limited sensory, social and environment experiences. Thus, raised questions about language elaboration and the acquisition of freedom in young children, besides possible interferences in their integral development in the short or long term. The research proposes pedagogical practices that consider the child as an endowed with body, soul and spirit and recognize the need for a more in-depth look at their development, based on the senses. The article is based on a bibliographical review of the theme, considered from the perspective of French Discourse Analysis, based on Maingueneau’s (2005) considerations and Koch’s (2011) contributions from the field of Textual Linguistics. Based on the research by Baseio and Jardim (2022), the collected material was systematically organized, creating an overview composed of conceptions and practical proposals. The proposals consider the multiplicity of senses that constitute the child and their relevance for language development. Ultimately, the research relates language development to the construction and acquisition of freedom in childhood, based on the conceptions of language and freedom by Rudolf Steiner.