Gender Scripts and Children’s Performances that Reverberate in the Context of Early Childhood Education

ABSTRACT Gender Scripts and Children’s Performances that Reverberate in the Context of Early Childhood Education – Based on Gender Studies and the Sociology of Childhood, this article seeks to understand and analyze the strategies that children establish to deal with the gender scripts addressed to them in everyday Early Childhood Education. The results of the analysis show that they seek more plural ways of living their experiences as girls and boys, even though they are educated based on binary concepts that try to impose a repeated control of children’s bodies. The research, of ethnographic inspiration, was developed based on participant observation with four-year-old children, in a public early childhood education school, in the Metropolitan Area of Porto Alegre/RS/Brazil. RESUMO Scripts de Gênero e as Performances das Crianças que Reverberam no Contexto da Educação Infantil – A partir dos Estudos de Gênero e da Sociologia da Infância, o artigo busca compreender e analisar as estratégias que as crianças estabelecem para lidar com os scripts de gênero que lhes são endereçados no cotidiano da educação infantil. Os resultados da análise mostram que elas buscam modos mais plurais de vivenciar suas experiências como meninas e meninos, ainda que sejam educadas a partir de concepções binárias que tentam impor um reiterado governo dos corpos infantis. A pesquisa, de inspiração etnográfica, foi desenvolvida a partir da observação participante com crianças de quatro anos de idade em uma escola pública de educação infantil na Região Metropolitana de Porto Alegre/RS/Brasil. RÉSUMÉ Scripts de Genre et Performances d’Enfants qui se Répercutent dans le Contexte de l’Éducation de la Petite Enfance – Basé sur les études de genre et la sociologie de l’enfance, l’article cherche à comprendre et à analyser les stratégies que les enfants établissent pour faire face aux scénarios de genre qui leur sont adressés dans l’éducation quotidienne de la petite enfance. Les résultats de l’analyse montrent qu’ils recherchent des manières plus plurielles de vivre leurs expériences de filles et de garçons, même s’ ils sont éduqués sur la base de concepts binaires qui tentent d’imposer un gouvernement répété du corps des enfants. La recherche, d’inspiration ethnographique, a été développée à partir de l’observation participante auprès d’enfants de quatre ans, dans une école publique d’éducation préscolaire, dans la région métropolitaine de Porto Alegre/RS/Brésil.