A contação de histórias como ferramenta para ações de educação alimentar e nutricional no âmbito da educação infantil.

Abstract

Obesity and malnutrition are a global public health problem. Thinking about it, a way to face such problems, which threaten security food and nutrition of the population, is the development of educational activities food and nutrition in the context of early childhood education. The objective of this work was develop and evaluate interventions in Food and Nutrition Education, which used the storytelling as an active methodology technique and strategy for the Promotion of Adequate and Healthy Eating, with children and Kindergarten teachers in the municipality of Cuité, Paraíba. The research included three phases, planning, which involved training the team, developing actions and, finally, evaluating the students and teachers. The plans were carried out following the pedagogy of projects presented by Pinto (2006), the actions were developed based on the National Curriculum Reference for Early Childhood Education, based on the plans, it is possible to think in advance about the problems that could arise during practice, helping the team in the actions and evaluation. The students positively evaluated the interventions showing that storytelling is an active methodology that can be used to promote adequate and healthy eating. In evaluating the teachers, it can be seen that they were confident in the relevance teaching of the proposed methodology and excited about the work of Education Food and Nutrition in the classroom. Thus, the work with storytelling motivated students and teachers to reflect on the importance of proper nutrition and healthy. It is also concluded that it is necessary to carry out a systematic work of training with educators and health professionals, so that they understand the importance of carrying out a practice that links the two fields of action.