SOCIAL SKILLS AND CHILDREN’S LITERATURE IN THE NATIONAL LITERARY PROGRAMThis study aimed to identify behavioral problems and socially competent interactions among the characters in the 36 books of the Programa Nacional do Livro e Material Didático (PNLD/MEC), delivered to public schools in 2019 for students from the 1st to the 3rd years of Elementary School. The analysis was carried out using a cataloging form and the categorization of the classes and subclasses of Social Skills (SS) proposed by Z. Del Prette and Del Prette. Socially competent interactions are present in nine of the 36 books, presenting 59 occurrences, with a predominance of the Assertiveness class (17) and the Interpersonal Problem Solving class (14). Behavioral problems appeared in residual frequency (three). The presence of social interactions in the books confirms the viability of their use as a resource for teachers to promote positive social behavior among. It is worth noting that SS were shown to be reduced in the PNLD/2019 selection.
Keywords:
social skills; children’s literature; elementary school; PNLD