A criança em Instituições de Acolhimento: O que dizem as pesquisas científicas

Abstract

This article is an exploraty study that has as main objective to reflect about researches with children who live in institutional shelter. For such, a survey of Brazilian scientific production on childhood and foster institution was carried out in the Scielo database, using the descriptors "childhood", "child", "foster institution" and "shelter", published in Brazil in the period from 2010 to 2015. With reference in the studies of the sociology of childhood, authors such as Corsaro, Qvortrup and Sarmento, it was sought to make a critical analysis about productions on the topic of shelters, understanding the importance of a discussion and reflection about the practice of sheltering children.