Being between walls

plural childhoods and the curricula produced in school institutions

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7213/1981-416X.25.087.DS16EN

Keywords:

Foster care, Confinement, Child socialization, Childhood, Curriculum

Abstract

The study aims to reflect on the restriction of children in shelters, whose walls delineate the spaces allowed or prohibited to these children. The research, of a bibliographical nature and qualitative nature, is supported by the postulates of Foucault (2014), which help us understand the constitution of the child being from a questioning perspective, opening up possibilities for understanding the functioning of the institutions aimed at them. In addition, it is based on scholars of the Sociology of Childhood, such as Corsaro (2011), Prout (2004), Sarmento (2007), Tomás et al.  (2021), among others, who recognize children as socially competent subjects and producers of culture. The results point to the need for redirections in the dynamics of the shelter institution, based on the concept of children as social actors competent to talk about themselves and the facts around them.

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Translation

This article is a translation in English of the article:  Estar entre muros

Author Biographies

Eliane Dominico, Universidade Estadual do Centro-Oeste (UNICENTRO)

Doutora em Educação pela Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM). Professora da Universidade Estadual do Centro-Oeste (UNICENTRO). Integrante do Grupo de Estudos e Pesquisa em Educação Infantil da Unicentro (GEPEDIN). 

Solange Franci Raimundo Yaegashi, Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM)

Doutora em Educação pela Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Professora do Departamento de Teoria e Prática da Educação, do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação e do Mestrado Profissional em Educação Inclusiva da Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM).  Líder do Grupo de Estudos e Pesquisas em Escola, Família e Sociedade (GEPEFS).

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Published

2025-12-10

How to Cite

Dominico, E., & Yaegashi, S. F. R. (2025). Being between walls: plural childhoods and the curricula produced in school institutions. Revista Diálogo Educacional, 25(87), 2083–2097. https://doi.org/10.7213/1981-416X.25.087.DS16EN