A presença do educador do sexo masculino na educação infantil: um estudo bibliográfico

Abstract

The present study, entitled "The Presence of the Male Educator in Early Childhood: A Bibliographic Study," has the general objective of analyzing the scientific productions of the year 2001 to 2018 regarding the male teacher in early childhood education, the specific objectives were: a) To investigate on the web scientific productions that reflect on male teachers in early childhood education. b) Understand through the surveys raised the perspective that the academic community has on the male gender in early childhood education. The research was bibliographical and documentary, exploratory type, with qualitative and quantitative approach, to obtain the results was used ten articles that elucidated on the subject in the year 2001 to 2018. To find the research related to the subject was applied the following criterion we use the following expressions: man in education; gender relations in early childhood education; male teacher in early childhood education; preconceptions of male teachers in early childhood education; work of male teachers in early childhood education. After the search were found some works in the area as theses, dissertations, CBT and articles. The data showed that work in this area appears very timid, and that men continue to be a minority in early childhood education because of the prejudice that the profession suffers, wage devaluation and representation because the profession is considered socially feminine.