REVISÃO INTEGRATIVA DA LITERATURA: O BRINCAR LIVRE NA EDUCAÇÃO INFANTIL

Abstract

This research aims to analyze the production of knowledge about the theme "Free Play" in early childhood education within school institutions. This is an integrative literature review, in which selection criteria were used, articles indexed in the SciElo database, from 2011 to 2020. The objective of this study was to systematize research already carried out on the contribution of free play in the search to understand the pedagogical dimension of free play, its spaces and expand reflections on the role of institutions and the teacher as a mediator in this process. The sample consisted of 08 (eight) articles, in which the results revealed the need for greater articulation in the pedagogical processes in institutions that enable a better understanding of the importance of free play in the teaching-learning process and, consequently, in the best quality of teaching in education childish.