Abstract:
This article presents an empirical research of the regulatory processes and logics of action prevalent in a Municipal School of Early Childhood Education (Escola Municipal de Educação Infantil - EMEI) and in a Municipal Unit of Early Childhood Education (Unidade Municipal de Educação Infantil - UMEI) of Belo Horizonte. The study examines how the rules and regulations issued by the municipal administration are formulated, translated and applied in the context of these schools. The results show the intercession between control and autonomy, regarding the institutional regulation by the State and the situational adjustment set through the action of teachers which define the multiple regulated character of the Early Childhood Education policy by the municipality.
Keywords:
Early Childhood Education; regulation; public action; decentralization; Belo Horizonte