From Children's Community to Paulistinha:
the history of an Educational Institution (1971-1996)
Abstract
The purpose of this article is to discuss the institutionalization of the first federal university daycare center created in Brazil in 1971, born as a Children's Community and today called Early Childhood Education Center – School of Education Paulistinha. It takes as its documental sources manuals, books, and interviews. Anchored in the contributions of the History of Education and in the History of School Institutions, it is based on an investigation of specific actions, which in relation to society produces its material existence, thus recreated by the educational institution. The study allows an approach to the first university daycare center created in the country, for a better understanding of its working conditions, financing and institutional identity.