Possibilidades de viver infâncias: um estudo a partir da ótica de crianças entre 5 e 12 anos

Abstract

This study aims to understand the possibilities to live the childhood in contemporary from the perspective of children. With reasoning in Sociology of Childhood, in Psychology and Education, it is believed that children, through their speeches, does not express a unique vision of childhood, but different looks. Examining these perspectives, does not get the full picture of childhood, but an understanding of the possibilities of live childhoods. From a quantitative-qualitative research, the group of children studied, aged between 5 and 12 years, expressed their ideas and put their words and drawings, becoming informants privileged, allowing an understanding of the opportunities to live the childhood in current times. They show that the interactions in the spaces of the house, the street and the school they live different activities, explaining different possibilities of childhood. The results show how the cultures of children depend on the interactions and the meanings of places recognized by children. The dat