Educação emocional na educação infantil: estágio em psicologia do desenvolvimento.

Abstract

Emotional comprehension and recognition are prime understandings in the development of emotional competencies, for they are critical in ensuring a healthy and harmonious child development. It is through these competencies that a child percieves and evaluates experiences provided by their medium in a positive and autonomous manner. This article's goal is to report the importance of Emotional Education in the school context through intervention activities carried out during a Psychology of Socio-emotional Development internship by a group of Psychology students, in a Early Childhood Education facility. Thus, based on theorical and methodological assumptions of Emotional Education, activities aimed at socio-emotional development were carried out, promoting the formation of citizens with a critical and autonomous conscience, as well as emotional recognition faculty. As a result of the applied activities, it is intended to lead the children to: 1) Recognize emotions; 2) Develop social abilities; 3) Manage conflict scenarios. It is concluded that the promotion of these activities in the early childhood education efficiently promotes necessary changes in the emotional recognition of each child in the school environment. However, continuity of interventions based on Emotional Education is necessary in school environments so that it can promote children's emotional understanding and recognition in the face of the possibility of constructing positive strategies for conflict management.