Relational nutrition: configuration of identities as a systemic network between families and educational institutions in early childhood

Abstract

If a system is a set of interacting elements, according to Bertalanffy's theory, establishing an analogy with education in the first years of the human being's life implies recognizing the family and educational institutions from early childhood as an indispensable part of the microsystems that nurture and configure identities in each person immersed in that systemic network. The present reflection paper is part of the Unimonserrate research “Relational nutrition from the family and institutional environment in early childhood” and is organized into four sections. The first is an introduction about evident violence in our society. The second is called systemic approach: characteristics and relationships with the configuration of identities in early childhood and defines the relationships and conceptions of the systemic, individuals and identities. The third section covers the arguments related to nutritional contributions from the family context. Subsequently, the fourth section mentions the contributions from early childhood educational institutions.