O trabalho e atuação do auxiliar de atividades educativas na educação infantil municipal de Goiânia: a precarização de suas práticas pedagógicas

Abstract

This monograph examines the work of Educational Activity Assistants (AAEs) in Early Childhood Education within the Municipal Network of Goiânia, analyzing how their practices are shaped by processes of precarization, deprofessionalization, and invisibility. The topic emerged from the author's professional experiences, marked by high staff turnover, work overload, illness, and lack of institutional recognition. The study draws on Marx (1867), Saviani (1983), and Antunes (1999), as well as the dissertations of Edir (2014), Silva (2022), and Costa (2018), which highlight the structurally fragile nature of the AAE position and its connection to neoliberal policies that flexibilize educational labor. The results reveal that, although essential to the daily functioning of Early Childhood Education Centers, AAEs face limited professional development, temporary contracts, low wages, task overload, and insufficient protection in situations involving violence, especially when working with children with specific educational needs. These professionals remain particularly invisible in the Municipal Teaching Career Plan. The study concludes that valuing and nationally regulating the AAE role is crucial to ensuring dignified working conditions, professional recognition, and the overall quality of public early childhood education.