The voices of the teachers in the hospital pedag ogy: Unveiling possibilities and confrontations

Abstract

This research seeks to deepen knowledge on the pedagogical education process in a hospital environment, in the teacher’s enactment, considering the specificities of children in healthcare treatment, in the city of Palmas, state of Tocantins, Brazil. This investigation was developed from a descriptive qualitative approach. As methodological strategy, a case study was used; and as a data collection technique, a semi-structured interview. In its development, the research was built giving voice to the teachers, following a path that covered issues related to the regulation of the health care system and teaching practice for the educational service to the children in hospital treatment. The results show that hospital education offers different educational possibilities for these children. In the research field, the existence of a toy library was identified, which, in its dynamics, allows to develop ludic-therapeutic actions, contributing to soften the suffering, reducing anxiety and raise the self-esteem of the children and their families. It was also noticed the importance of thinking about the implementation of hospital classes, a legal right, but not yet effective in the researched context. When knowing the hospital pedagogical process, it was also possible to observe the need for strengthening the bonds between hospital and school experiences, seeking to give children, in treatment, access to the typical activities of childhood.