Aprendendo com o Pequeno Príncipe: uma conversa sobre afeto e amor na aprendizagem.

Abstract

Love and affection are extremely important in learning, as they are fundamental to children's emotional, social and cognitive development. Using the book The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry as an intellectual intermediary and consulting some philosophers who have great contribution to education, this work begins, which will be a theoretical essay in the form of an imaginary dialogue with the protagonist of the work cited, aiming to perceive the importance of love and affection in the learning process and its relationship with the message of the book addressed. Throughout the prose, it is emphasized that teachers need to be sensitive to the emotional needs of their students and that adults are generally not interested in the essential, focusing only on measurable results. It is pointed out that when a teacher establishes a relationship of trust and affection with their students, it is possible to achieve more meaningful learning and consequently, it is understood that the journey of learning is not only about acquiring knowledge, but also about cultivating emotional connections with what we learn and how we apply that knowledge in our lives, as this affective bond shapes students and contributes to knowledge about oneself and the world.