Early Childhood Education and women in Jornal do Comércio: Manaus, the 1970s

Abstract

The article analyzes the publication of news about the education of children aged 0 to 7 years old, in the 1970s, in Jornal do Comércio do Amazonas. It follows the perspective of social and cultural history and places education within the framework of social relations. The text presents a contextualization of Early Childhood Education in the period, and of the researched newspaper, to then deal with the news. We selected eight articles located in the Caderno Feminino and in the column Mulher, on the following topics: crèche and kindergarten policies; the importance of toys, play activities and socialization for child development; the transition from preschool to elementary school, and school holidays. It is concluded that, in the context of the expansion of preschool education in that period, the newspaper favored the discussion about early childhood education in the sections for women, without a clear distinction between the domestic and public spaces.