October 14, 2025
On October 7th, Beatriz Cardoso, director of the Education Laboratory, participated in the 2nd International Symposium on Early Childhood Education, held by the Bracell Foundation . Beatriz was part of the panel discussion on pedagogical practices for quality early childhood education, alongside Minéa Fratelli, Undersecretary of Education of Guarulhos, and Mônica Baptista, professor at UFMG and coordinator of the Reading and Writing in Early Childhood Education Program (LEEI). The conversation was moderated by Carolina Velho, an Early Childhood Education specialist from UNICEF Brazil.
In her speech, Beatriz highlighted the role of civil society organizations in implementing public policies aimed at the continuing education of teachers. "The third sector has a very specific role, complementary to the actions of the public authorities. It is from this perspective that I speak: the perspective of an organization that contributes so that we can advance further in early childhood education," she stated.
Highlighting the importance of placing pedagogy and the classroom at the center of the debate on quality in early childhood education, she emphasized the value of looking deeply into daily practices. "There is no structure capable of sustaining educational progress if we do not learn to look at the pedagogical scene, if we do not know how to recognize what truly characterizes quality education in practice," she said.
Beatriz also presented the teacher training approach developed by Labedu, which values moments when teachers are invited to understand what is at stake in interactions with children and to autonomously experiment with new ways of conducting their practices.
“This is a gradual process of building capacity within the system. For this to happen, it is necessary to create recurring strategies that support an ongoing training process. It is a process that brings into question what guides the practice, what the teacher does, and what the children think, say, and produce. When teachers understand this, they begin to appropriate pedagogical knowledge and reorganize the system based on it,” she concluded.
The symposium brought together experts, public administrators, and representatives of organizations dedicated to early childhood to discuss ways to ensure children's right to a quality education from their earliest years.
Watch the panel discussion below, “Pedagogical Practices for Quality Early Childhood Education”: