Qualidade em ambientes de um programa de educação infantil pública / Quality of environments of a public child education program

RESUMO

Este estudo objetivou avaliar a qualidade dos ambientes de um programa público de educação infantil - PEI, utilizando os instrumentos Infant/Toddler Environment Rating Scale - Revised Edition (ITERS-R) e Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale - Revised Edition (ECERS-R). Foram avaliadas 16 turmas com faixa etária entre 4 e 68 meses. A média obtida pelas turmas com a ITERS-R foi de 2,80. As turmas avaliadas por meio da ECERS-R obtiveram média de 2,69. Segundo as escalas utilizadas, esses resultados indicam um padrão de qualidade entre inadequada e minimamente adequada. Quanto aos itens das escalas, verificou-se uma maior variação nos escores das turmas com idade de até 3 anos. Os resultados obtidos evidenciaram a necessidade de intervenções no programa, sobretudo nos itens relacionados à rotina e cuidados pessoais com as crianças de até 3 anos e aqueles relativos às atividades, com as crianças a partir de 3 anos até 68 meses.

ABSTRACT

This study aimed to evaluate the quality of infant public educational environments, by the indicated means for this kind of evaluation Infant/Toddler Environment Rating Scale - Revised edition (ITERS-R) and Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale - Revised Edition (ECERS-R). Sixteen school groups were evaluated, with ages from six to sixty-eight months. The average gotten by the groups that were evaluated through ITERS-R was of 2.80. The groups that were evaluated through ECERS-R, got an average of 2.69. According to the scales adopted, these results indicate a quality pattern between insufficient and minimally adequated. As the scales items, it was verified a major variation in the scores from classes of until 3 years old. The obtained result showed the necessity of interventions in the program, especially in the items related to the routine and daily care of children with until 3 years old and those related to the activities, with children from 3 years old to sixty-eight months.