Educational attention to early childood in Angola from 1975 to 2021. Main transformations.

Abstract

Angola was born as an independent country in 1975. In 46 years, it gradually achieved a significant accumulation of important changes in early childhood educational care. In spite of this, shortages of historical knowledge regarding educational policy, its conception and the training of preschool educators persist today. The aspects exposed above justify the elaboration of a scientific article, with the objective of revealing the main transformations carried out in the educational attention given to early childhood in the country in the period studied, aiming to reconstruct the process of educational practice and thus objectify what has already been lived. The methodology used, focused on the assumption of criteria that made it possible to carry out a periodization in relation to the political, economic and social events in the country, in the educational policy and in the transformations that constituted changes. The stages were all determined with a procedural and systemic character, in addition to an internal logical structure. The results showed a lack of studies of this nature at a national and international level, which would make known the deeds and the achievements that occurred in the period studied, which is the element that constitutes the good news of the present work. Due to the fact that it is a historical study, the authors believe that it can serve as a reference for the development contents of the History of Angolan Preschool Education in higher education institutions programs.