Abstract
This research analyzes the personal transformation process of students in the teacher training course, from the mediation of theoretical knowledge on the relationship among teaching, learning, and human development. The goal is to investigate the influence of the set of action methods in the pedagogical activity, in the training of future natural science teachers. The issue is analyzed from the Cultural-Historical Theory, from which three aspects are highlighted: the constitution and the development of human psyche through symbolic mediation in social relationships: learning as the trigger for the development of higher psychological functions; and the importance of scientific concepts in the development of higher psychological functions in subjects. Data were collected through a field research that used questionnaires sent to students in the teacher training course of a large state university in Brazil, in classes of 2013 and 2014, and another questionnaire to the monitors of the respective groups. The analysis of data is based on the relationship between the frequency of answers and the subjects’ narrative from the analysis elements: reasons and life experiences, teaching processes, contents, learning evaluation, and personal transformation. The results show the influence of the action methods in the pedagogical activity, which aims to the personal training of students and the relevance of collective and collaborative actions in the active participation of all subjects in the teaching and learning process.
Highlights
The study on teacher training, from the mediation of psychological theories on learning and human development, is aimed at investigating the thing which pedagogical activity (Bernardes, 2012) aspects may create the necessary conditions to promote changes in the consciousness of subjects under study activities (Leontiev, 1983), in professional training
The general problematics of this research is based on the following questions: 1) Which life experiences in the teacher training activity, at undergraduate level, which favors the formation of critical consciousness in regards to their social function, in the formal education area?
The weekly study record that is commented by the monitors, the record of theoretical reflections that are conducted during classes; a summary of the conceptual learning; c) the final discipline paper, which analyzes the relationship between teaching and learning in regular schools, in the knowledge area in which the student intends to act as a teacher; d) an analysis of actions in the organization of teaching that are conducted by the teacher and the monitors
Summary
The study on teacher training, from the mediation of psychological theories on learning and human development, is aimed at investigating the thing which pedagogical activity (Bernardes, 2012) aspects may create the necessary conditions to promote changes in the consciousness of subjects under study activities (Leontiev, 1983), in professional training. The constitution of a subject is understood, in cultural-historical psychology, as a historical, active, and social process. The symbolic mediations are understood to be considered the determining factor for the constitution and development of higher psychological functions in subjects. In cultural-historical psychology, the idea of spontaneous and maturational development is overcome by the conception that is mediated by the constitution of the psyche as an essential character for the education of subjects in an activity. Subjects, for being in mediated activity, are considered to assume the configuration of social beings, and the psychological development of subjects in an activity is potentialized through the appropriation of the historically-created culture (Leontiev, 1983; Davidov, 1988)
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