Social education and childhood: practice and training at the project "playing with boys and girls from/in the street"

Abstract

The Social Education is a growing area in Brazil; this is a study that deals with the relationship between training and the performance of the professionals involved, as well as the human rights of children and adolescents. The goal was designed from the experiences of Social Educators participating in a University Extension Project called "Project Playing with Boys and Girls from/in the Street" between the years 2007 to 2011. The methodological procedures for the development of the research were structured according to the fundamentals of qualitative research (TRIVIÑOS, 2011). As data collection technique was carried out semi-structured interviews with educators who participated in this project, aimed at data analysis through content analysis technique of Bardin (1977). The study aimed to present the principles of the "Project Playing": respect, commitment, dialogue, inclusion and participation; through the analysis of interviews with educators of the project, pointing out the fundamentals present in the formation and operation, contributing to these reflections about working with childhood and adolescence in the Brazilian context. The results show that social educators are faced with negligence and violations of law in reality they acted and through their experiences with the project developed empathy and commitment in different areas of their professional practice, coming to recognize the need to fight for human rights of children and adolescents.