Caminhos de vida, percursos na educação da infância: um estudo sobre a trajetória profissional da educadora Astrogildes Delgado de Carvalho (anos 1940/1980

Abstract

The thesis presented here has as object of study the career paths of the educator Astrogildes Delgado de Carvalho , over a period between the 1940s to 1980. The educator in question , Catholic activist ,practically unknown in the educational field , had developed important initiatives focusing , in particular, early childhood education , area still undervalued in the early days of her work as an educator . Among these actions , we find the foundation of two educational institutions that were highlighted in the city of Petrópolis , between the 1940s and 1960s , the Chapelinho Vermelho School and Externato Delgado de Carvalho , and her performance in the World Organization for Preschool Education ( OMEP ) , in the 1970s and 1980s , as a trainer of teachers of kindergartens and as responsible for the Service Centers for Preschool ( CAPES ) created by the institution, in localities inhabited by disadvantaged populations . This biographical character study aims to shed light on an important figure in the Brazilian educational field, and to contribute , through the analysis of her trajectory , articulated, on the other hand, to the history of OMEP , to expand the knowledge of actions directed to early childhood education and in particular , to the disadvantaged children of Brazilian society , on the focused decades . In the research, supported by a diverse evidence base, including in a valuable way, the personal collection of the educator, the ambition was to highlight the voices, papers, alive memories and unravel the threads that have been woven over the years, enhancing the participation of Astrogildes Delgado de Carvalho in promoting and ensuring the rights of children from birth to six years.