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READING AND WRITING IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION: ANALYSIS OF AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS DISCLOSED IN SOCIAL MEDIA

Early childhood education. writing. Reading.Youtube.

This research aims to analyze the statements found in videos published on the YouTube platform that present the theme of reading and writing in early childhood education. Specifically, it is intended to identify in the speeches of the interlocutors to whom the verbal contents are intended; Point out the most and least viewed videos, pointing out their contents and possible social repercussions, either at school or in the community in general, and reflect on the possible understandings regarding writing based on the statements. To contextualize the problem of this research and to broaden the understanding of writing in early childhood education, a bibliographical survey was carried out in the Brazilian Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (BDTD) and in some repositories of postgraduate programs at public universities. The theoretical assumptions of the study are based on the ideas of Vygotsky (1931, 1995/2000, 2021); Leontiev (2018), Luria (2018) and authors who approach the subject from the Historical-Cultural Theory-THC, such as Mukhina (1995) and Mello (1999, 2005, 2007,2010, 2012, 2015, 2021), that bring discussions about the complex process of acquisition of writing by the child. From a methodological point of view, this is an exploratory research based on the analysis of the statements found in the videos published on the YouTube platform. Only 52 videos were considered eligible to be part of this study according to the following criteria: being Brazilian, explanatory and addressing reading and writing in early childhood education directly or indirectly. Through the analyses, it was found that the videos transmit content that reinforces the idea that anyone can teach the child to draw letters and form words, and this is worrying, especially for the educational field, which in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic 19, gained new supporters in relation to home schooling – Homeschooling. In view of this, it is necessary to understand writing, beyond its mechanical aspects, as a complex cultural element, being a fundamental instrument for human development.