Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T15:38:55Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 HellenMBS.pdf: 624745 bytes, checksum: 05c801a8c20db56d1b740cefd46a6bfa (MD5) Previous issue date: 2005-09-13 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior / The intention of the present study was to analyze the adequacy of the playground of elementary schools, according to the point of view of the child student, direct user of this type of environment, what estimated its critical in respect to these spaces and aimed at to contribute for its improvement. Many studies have analyzed the quality of the physical environment available for activities of leisure in specific places for children, focusing in the influence of the physical space in the interpersonal relationships and the comfort and satisfaction generated by the physical characteristics of these spaces. Concern with scholar environment, specially the interest on playgrounds, has been subject of recent studies; however, little attention has been given to the opinion of the user-child in relation to this school environment. In this inquiry of the playground of two state schools of 1? to 4? series of elementary school in the city of Piracicaba, SP, was used: assystematics observations, photographic register of the studied environments, interviews with child-users and behavioral mapping. The main subjects resulting from the analysis of the interviews content were: adaptation, density and interpersonal relationships, and infantile confinement. The results revealed the unsatisfactory conditions of the courtyards, in respect to person-environment relationship. The children demonstrated to be critical, creative and responsible when answering questions related to the quality of the school courtyard. This finding confirms previous studies and leads to the conclusion that the child, as the direct user, should be included as an excellent source of consultation in the planning of the constructed environment / O prop?sito do presente estudo foi analisar a adequa??o do p?tio de escolas do ensino fundamental, segundo o ponto de vista da crian?a estudante, usu?ria direta desse tipo de ambiente, o que pressupunha sua cr?tica a respeito desses espa?os e visava a contribuir para sua melhoria. Muitos estudos t?m analisado a qualidade dos ambientes f?sicos disponibilizados para atividades de lazer em locais espec?ficos para crian?as, focalizando a influ?ncia do espa?o f?sico nas rela??es interpessoais e no conforto e satisfa??o gerados pelas caracter?sticas f?sicas desses espa?os. Preocupa??o com o ambiente escolar, sobretudo o interesse em p?tios escolares, tem sido tema de estudos recentes; entretanto, pouca aten??o tem sido dada ? opini?o do usu?rio-crian?a em rela??o a esse ambiente escolar. Nesta investiga??o dos p?tios de duas escolas estaduais de 1? a 4? s?ries do ensino fundamental na cidade de Piracicaba, SP, foram utilizadas: observa??es assistem?ticas, registro fotogr?fico dos ambientes estudados, entrevistas com as crian?as-usu?rias e mapeamento comportamental. Os principais temas decorrentes da an?lise do conte?do das entrevistas foram: adapta??o, densidade e rela??es interpessoais e confinamento infantil. Os resultados revelaram as condi??es insatisfat?rias dos p?tios, no que diz respeito aos aspectos das rela??es pessoa-ambiente. As crian?as se mostraram cr?ticas, criativas e respons?veis ao responderem quest?es relacionadas ? qualidade do p?tio escolar. Esta constata??o confirma estudos anteriores e conduz ? conclus?o de que a crian?a, como usu?ria direta, deveria ser inclu?da como uma fonte relevante de consulta no planejamento do ambiente constru?do

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T15:38:46Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 OdaraSF.pdf: 1396799 bytes, checksum: 2e5cb33729ffd1f32ef8505042d653ee (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006-03-20 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior / The interest for understanding the relationship of the child with its environment has increased in the whole world during the last few years. Several researchers, using Environmental Psychology as basis, have analyzed the implications of this relation for the child development and the organization of playful spaces. Being a place where children spend a great part of their time and develop many intellectual and social abilities, the school becomes one of the main focus of this research. This study investigated different sectors of the outdoor area of NEI -UFRN, during the recreation time, in which the use of space and the interaction between children were analyzed, through the observation of the child behavior (place-centered and individual-centered mapping). The results had disclosed that the school s outdoor area and its equipments presents a great range of choices possible to the children, however its occupation is not uniform: there are areas very used and others almost without use. Generally, this heterogeneity happens again in relation to the distribution of the interaction states in the sectors, the friendly associative behavior being the most present. The observation of children behaviors favored a better understanding of the use of the spaces, and contributed for discussion about the environment what these users really need for a healthy development, including differences in related to gender, age and daytime. In spite of the studied outdoor areas being vast, pleasant and varied, it needs a better distribution of its equipments and a plan that allows greater children participation in the place organization / O interesse pela compreens?o do relacionamento da crian?a com seu ambiente vem aumentando nos ?ltimos anos, em todo o mundo. Diversos pesquisadores, utilizando a Psicologia Ambiental como base, t?m analisado a import?ncia dessas rela??es para o desenvolvimento infantil e suas implica??es na organiza??o de espa?os l?dicos. Por ser um local onde as crian?as passam grande parte do seu tempo e desenvolvem muitas habilidades intelectuais e sociais, a escola torna-se um dos principais focos dessas pesquisas. Partindo desse pressuposto, investigou-se as diferentes ?reas do p?tio do N?cleo de Educa??o Infantil (NEI), durante o recreio, analisando a utiliza??o do espa?o e os comportamentos de intera??o entre crian?as nesses locais, atrav?s da observa??o do comportamento infantil (mapeamento centrado-no-lugar e centrado-na-pessoa). Os resultados revelaram que a ?rea livre da escola e seus equipamentos permitem grande possibilidade de escolha ?s crian?as, contudo sua ocupa??o n?o ? uniforme, existindo ?reas muito utilizadas e outras quase sem uso. De modo geral, essa heterogeneidade se repete em rela??o ? distribui??o dos estados interacionais pelos setores, sendo o comportamento associativo amig?vel o mais encontrado. A observa??o do comportamento das crian?as n?o s? favoreceu a uma melhor compreens?o da utiliza??o dos espa?os, como tamb?m, contribuiu para a discuss?o sobre os ambientes de que esses usu?rios necessitam para um desenvolvimento saud?vel, at? mesmo no que se refere ? diferen?as em rela??o a g?nero, idade e turnos. Apesar do p?tio estudado, ser grande, agrad?vel e variado, ele necessita de uma melhor distribui??o dos seus equipamentos e de um planejamento que permita maior participa??o das crian?as na organiza??o do lugar