A escola no hospital: atendimento educacional às crianças em tratamento de saúde em Minas Gerais

Abstract

The objective of the research is to understand the educational assistance developed in the hospital context, of a public hospital in Minas Gerais, considering the teaching activity with children undergoing health treatment. For the development of the investigation, we carried out a study with a qualitative approach and of an exploratory and descriptive nature, a process that went through the bibliographic review, the documentary study and the field research. In the collection of the data we used as instruments observations and semi-structured interviews, applied to two teachers working in the Hospital School focused. The information collected was analyzed and organized through three interrelated units. The results revealed that the educational assistance developed in the researched space seeks to promote the continuity of the school process of the children undergoing treatment, continuing the curricular contents, reducing the chances of evasion and loss of the school year. In this context, teaching activity involves working in partnership with the student's home school, as well as planning the actions by the teachers themselves. An activity that considers school learning, but also favors the child to be close to the school environment, changing the view on the hospital and raising self-esteem, aspects that contribute to the improvement of health conditions.