Abstract:
The early childhood education and family relationship is studied primarily in urban settings, with few studies in countryside, a fact that influences the progress of knowledge and the development of policies for countryside childhood. The article presents data from a survey in a countryside school (Minas Gerais - Brazil), whose goal was to understand the meanings of family-school relationship. Observations at school and interviews with six education professionals and five families were made. The material was qualitatively analyzed and systematized the themes: 1) instruments of school-family relationship; 2) family presence at school; 3) problematic situations. Data analysis revealed that the concreteness of the investigated field, marked by great geographic distances and specific conditions of life and work, through and sets up possible encounters between the school and family institutions. The results indicate the need for schools to recreate traditional ways of thinking the relationship with the family.
Keywords:
Early childhood education; family; rural environments