THE IMPORTANCE OF TEACHING PHILOSOPHY FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION

Abstract

Introduction: To emphasize the importance of the Teaching of Philosophy in Early Childhood Education, taking into account the evolution of children - 0 to 5 years old - in the teaching-learning process, as active, living and thinking participants, as reflective children who know what they want in this decision-making process, in their speeches, thoughts and actions. It is necessary to observe this process to efficiently assist their choices, with coherent records full of information that support the learning of these children, and who has the necessary training for this help is the teacher, exercising his role as mediator. The objective is to dialogue with the faculty about the need and importance of this teaching from an early age as a means of human development. The Methodology was a bibliographic survey with pertinent authors that enabled a dialogue about the importance of the discipline in the education of babies and children. The result that the research reached was that it is possible to educate young children with the support of philosophy thinking about their autonomy as thinking individuals. However, the Final Considerations are that this does not always happen, sometimes due to the teacher's insecurity in relation to the content / or student, due to the teacher's lack of mastery or self-indulgence. And that an intense process of continuing education is necessary.