ETHNIC-RACIAL EDUCATION IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION: REFLECTIONS ON THE PRACTICE OF TEACHERS

This paper proposes to discuss significant aspects for the formation of pedagogy professionals, who will work in Early Childhood Education, regarding the issue of Education of Ethnic-Racial Relations. From the perspective of a qualitative study with a descriptive approach and documental analysis, we discuss the possibility of an important beginning for the construction of the school as a space for valuing, welcoming and celebrating difference. We infer that it is the role of early childhood education teachers much more than paying attention to the discussion of ethnic-racial relations. These professionals can enable the discovery of ethnic-racial belonging in a positive way and can help all children to relate well to difference. However, we cannot assume that the school alone will resolve racial inequalities. We aim that in teacher training, difference can be assumed as something valuable and positive and that it be incorporated as an important motto of pedagogical practices.