Cultural-historical Theory Research Articles

Aesthetic Literacy in Young People's and Adults' Awareness From a Developmental Learning Perspective.

In Brazilian schools, many teachers do not organize their teaching and students’ tasks and actions in a way that facilitates theoretical thinking based on the abstraction and generalization of the work content. Because many students struggle to accomplish the tasks and actions themselves, teachers guide them. Over time, the students begin to have more autonomy in executing the proposed activities, as they completed mental operations while learning. This article aims to investigate how young people’s and adults’ awareness of the countryside is formed based on visual elements and writing, facilitating an understanding of their reality. A didactic–formative experiment was performed based on the cultural–historical theory. The comic books produced by the participants allowed them to develop their overall thinking, moving from the abstract to the concrete. They also formed an awareness of reality, which allowed them to have greater autonomy in the production of these stories as a means of representation and transformation of reality.

Guided reading – Working within a child's zone of proximal development

Research has shown that exposing children to rich literacy practices gives children a strong start that will influence lifelong success in learning, wellbeing and participation in civic life. Yet there is a lack of theoretical rigor in the vociferous debate about how best to teach reading. In this paper we address this issue as we explore how teachers can reconceptualize the practice of guided reading by drawing on the principles of development of Vygotsky's cultural-historical theory. We discuss how literacy and reading are described in Australian policy documents, and how the practice of guided reading is described in literature. We use Vygotsky's theoretical concepts, in particular the Zone of Proximal Development, to suggest how teachers can reimagine guided reading, and use this metacognitive framework when evaluating teacher practice. Data drawn from a questionnaire, completed by 30 Australian teachers, was analyzed using reflexive thematic analysis to advance this discussion. In so doing, we highlight the need for teachers to move beyond a conceptualization of guided reading as ‘a social situation’ in-and-of-itself, cautioning that not every social situation will necessarily lead to child development. Rather, we underscore the necessity that teachers understand guided reading to function as ‘a social situation of development’.

Increasing Girls’ STEM Engagement in Early Childhood: Conditions Created by the Conceptual PlayWorld Model

As societal needs change and STEM solutions are offered, an increasing concern for the participation of girls in STEM has emerged. Research has consistently shown the unintended preferential treatment of boys by teachers during STEM teaching and, although well recognised, has seen limited change over the past decades. Gendered interactions, including microaggressions, influence girls’ identity formation from a young age, leading to a decrease in girls’ STEM participation. This results in the ongoing trend of underrepresentation of women in STEM fields due to underlying gender equity issues. To improve this gender gap, it is important to consider the beginning of the STEM pipeline, the early stages of education. Drawing upon the system of concepts from the cultural-historical theory, this study explores the motivating conditions created by the Conceptual PlayWorld model for girls’ engagement in STEM in the early years. Using a holistic study design, video observations of interactions and experiences within and outside the Conceptual PlayWorld were gathered from two preschool teachers and 13 children aged 2.3–3.2 years. Findings support previous research regarding the accumulation of microaggressions in free-play settings that position girls away from STEM activity. These are minimised inside the Conceptual PlayWorld due to the changed role of the teacher. It is argued that the possibilities afforded by this model positively shift interactional patterns to create motivating conditions for girls in STEM, allowing both girls and boys the opportunity to have a strong engagement and interest in STEM from the very beginning.

A formação conceitual sob a perspectiva teórica de Vygotsky, Leontiev e Galperin

Este trabalho apresenta uma resenha do livro: “Vygotsky, Leontiev e Galperin: formação de conceitos e princípios didáticos”. O livro foi escrito por Isauro Beltrán Núñez e abrange a formação de conceitos na perspectiva teórica de Vygotsky, Leontiev e Galperin, apresentando uma descrição dos princípios didáticos assumidos a partir da análise da Teoria Histórico-Cultural, Teoria da Atividade e Teoria da Assimilação. Para isso, foi apresentado o itinerário formativo das teorias propostas por Vygotsky, Leontiev e Galperin destacando os aspectos em que elas se complementam e divergem. Portanto, o autor evidenciou a relevância do planejamento didático com enfoque na Teoria da Assimilação em articulação com as etapas da Atividade Histórico-Cultural para a prática docente e aprendizagem. Por fim, buscou-se instigar o leitor a refletir na possibilidade de articular as concepções de Galperin com outras teorias socioculturais como, por exemplo, a Teoria da Objetivação de Luis Radford, a qual tem muitas implicações no ensino de Ciências e Matemática vislumbrando, dessa maneira, sua extensão a outras áreas de conhecimento.

A IMPORTÂNCIA DA CIÊNCIA NA EDUCAÇÃO ESCOLAR: REFLEXÕES DA TEORIA HISTÓRICO-CULTURAL E DA PEDAGOGIA HISTÓRICO-CRÍTICA

This text is an instrument through which we demonstrate the origin, nature and social function of scientific knowledge and its historical importance in school education from the contributions of the marxian ontological perspective, historical-critical pedagogy and historical-cultural theory. The objective is to demonstrate, based on the historical process of human self-construction, the essence of science, as well as the need for more and more school education to defend it. Our intention is to reflect on the constitution and humanizing potential of scientific knowledge in the school environment. We emphasize that these elements are essential for the development of the human psyche and their appropriation requires the teaching, research, teaching and learning task in the school space-time.

Book Review: Rethinking Cultural-Historical Theory: A Dialectical Perspective on Vygotsky, by Dafermos, M.

Book Review: <i>Rethinking Cultural-Historical Theory: A Dialectical Perspective on Vygotsky</i>, by Dafermos, M.

The transformation of emotional component of gender identity of adolescent girls

The subject of this research is the emotional component of gender identity of adolescent girls. The goal is to determine the specificity of transformation of the emotional component of gender identity of adolescent girls. The author meticulously analyzes the transformation of emotional component of gender identity of adolescent girls. Gender identity implies the internal dynamic structure that integrates separate aspects of personality, associated with perception of oneself as a representative of particular gender and self-regulation of the gender-role behavior. Research methodology is based on the cultural-historical theory of mental development of a person developed by L. S. Vygotsky, age periodization developed by D. B. Elkonin, conceptual positions in the context of studying gender problematic developed by E. P. Ilyin, V. E. Kagan, I. S. Kletsina, N. Y. Flotskaya, and other works.. The empirical basis includes 30 adolescent girls from the nuclear families. The age of respondents from the first to the fourth year of research was 12-13, 14, 15, and 16-17 y.o. respectively. This article is first to theoretically substantiate and provide empirical evidence of the existence of transformation of emotional component of gender identity of girls during their puberty period. The author determines the qualitative characteristics of emotional component of gender identity of girls at early, middle, and later stages of adolescence. The conclusion is made that the emotional component of gender identity of adolescent girls transforms throughout the earlier adolescence to later adolescence. Therefore, at the age of 12-13, teenage girls perceive their mother as exigent, while seeing the father as rather positive. At the age of 14, girls perceive the father as emotionally detached, indifferent, while the attitude towards the mother is unstable and changeable. At the age of 15, the father is perceived as antagonistic and emotionally detached, while the mother is also perceived as antagonistic and indifferent. By the age of 16-17, girls form attitudes towards themselves through the current and future social roles &amp;ndash; daughter, sister, mother, wife.

A brincadeira de faz de conta de papéis sociais: uma reelaboração criativa da criança sobre as relações de trabalho

Este estudo almeja compreender de que forma as crianças ressignificam, por meio da brincadeira de faz de conta, situações sociais de argumento do trabalho vivenciadas por elas no processo de desenvolvimento da personalidade e, especificamente, identificar as funções psíquicas superiores envolvidas nessa atividade, bem como destacar o papel da professora nesse processo. Provém de uma pesquisa de mestrado que buscou compreender de que forma a brincadeira de faz de conta de papéis sociais contribui no desenvolvimento da personalidade das crianças, segundo os pressupostos da Teoria Histórico Cultural. De cunho experimental, os dados da pesquisa foram produzidos em uma Unidade Municipal de Educação Infantil (UMEI) do município de Santarém, PA, por meio de observações da rotina das crianças e de dupla intervenção: inserção de brinquedos no contexto educativo e formação continuada junto à professora participante da pesquisa sobre a brincadeira de faz de conta de papéis sociais. Os dados foram registrados em vídeos, fotografias e diário de campo. Os resultados revelam que a brincadeira de faz de conta de papéis sociais possibilita efeitos educativos que exercem influência sobre o desenvolvimento da personalidade das crianças que, ao brincarem, representam as regras, conteúdos e temas advindos das relações sociais. As crianças representaram, no faz de conta, dentre outros aspectos, papéis sociais de argumento do trabalho, expressando como percebem as relações de poder do sistema capitalista de produção.

A IMAGINAÇÃO COMO ATIVIDADE CRIADORA

This article seeks to analyze the concept of imagination in relation to other functions of the personality and some aspects of how it has been addressed in school education. The resources and methods used for writing the text involve bibliographic researchof articles and books by authors linked to historical-cultural theory and dialectical historical materialism such as Vigotski, Leontiev, Marino Filho, Heller, Marx, etc. The human capacity to jointly articulate several actions to produce something new is to be fundamental in the organization of the human psychological system. Representing the real in images has enabled artistic, philosophical and scientific advancement throughout history. Throughout the text, we demystified the idea that imagination is something typical of genius people, but rather something that is present in all moments of life. We conclude that although the creative processes of the imagination are vital for human development and have been intensively worked on in school education today,the intentionality that permeates this education has a market and capitalist bias in the search for the development of skills to maximize the exploitation of work. Even if the scope of the educational work for the development of the imagination is to promote capital, we consider that it still impacts the personality and enhances human capacities.

Interações e desenvolvimento da fala na abordagem histórico-cultural: o contexto da creche

O texto discute resultados de pesquisa de doutorado sobre interações e o desenvolvimento da fala em crianças na creche, cujo objetivo central foi o de compreender o processo de desenvolvimento da linguagem oral na etapa da primeira infância, de acordo com os pressupostos da Teoria Histórico-Cultural. Enfocamos no trabalho a linguagem e a comunicação que se formam entre um e dois anos, período que corresponde à idade das crianças pesquisadas. No percurso metodológico, adotamos concepções da pesquisa participante, construindo os dados em conjunto com os sujeitos, por intermédio de observações participativas do cotidiano, com o auxílio de registros fotográficos, audiovisuais e escritos, além de encontros formativos com as professoras. Os dados empíricos – interações vivenciadas entre as crianças e suas professoras, que favoreceram a emergência da linguagem oral – foram agrupados em duas categorias: 1) Interações comunicativas diretas: atividade comunicativa baseada na comunicação emocional; e 2) Interações comunicativas mediadas por objetos: atividade comunicativa apoiada na manipulação de objetos. A análise dos dados evidenciou que as atividades de interação das crianças com os adultos e destas entre si, na creche, favorecem a comunicação e o desenvolvimento de sua linguagem oral. Além disso, os momentos formativos com as professoras possibilitaram a reflexão sobre a sua própria prática, revelando o potencial formativo da pesquisa participante.

Od małego „Dyzia” do dorosłego „rycerza z La Manchy”. Analiza problemu marzycielstwa u dzieci i młodzieży z perspektywy kulturowo-historycznej teorii rozwoju

This study describes the issue of maladaptive daydreaming. This phenomenon is becoming a contemporary educational problem because it limits the development potential of children and adolescents as well as their interpersonal relations. The field of possible understanding of maladaptive daydreamingin relation to terms related in meaning was outlined, as well as the current attempts at its scientific conceptualization. In my analysis, I go beyond the dualistic understanding of the children’s real and imaginary world, referring to the cultural-historical theory of the development of creative imagination as a higher mental function as an internalized system of social relations. From this perspective, the phenomenon of daydreaming in children and adolescents, in relation to reality, is not treated in a dichotomous way, but as a social development situation.

A teoria de Galperin no processo de ensino da Educação Física: contribuições e aproximações

Este artigo tem como pretensão relacionar a teoria de Galperin com a organização do ensino da Educação Física, de forma bibliográfica, explicando a formação de conceitos por meio das etapas de assimilação e dos princípios didáticos de Galperin. Para isso, dialogamos com a proposta teórico-metodológica da Educação Física Crítico-Superadora e a Teoria Histórico-Cultural. Concluímos que os conceitos se dão pela assimilação das etapas e princípios didáticos de Galperin, e a relação com a Educação Física acontece por dentro desse processo de ensino e aprendizagem.

Феномен «психологическое благополучие» в контексте социальной ситуации развития

In the article, the phenomena of “psychological well-being of the individual” is considered in the con-text of the cultural-historical theory of L.S. Vygotsky, in particular, the statement he developed on the “social situation of development”, which is based on the child’s experience of his environment and himself in this environment. Attention is drawn to the complexity and ambiguity of the very concept of “well-being” from the standpoint of the cultural development of the individual, to the motives and emotions that determine the emergence and nature of the feeling of satisfaction with oneself, one’s actions and one’s life. The assumption is discussed that psychological well-being can be understood as an indicator of the psychological health of a person, which is one of the most important states of a person and is associated with the moral development of a person. It is shown that the main condition for the “emergence” of a feeling of psychological well-being and its orientation lies in the interaction of the phenomena of “culture” and “education” and the deep mutual enrichment of the processes of training and education based on the integration of rational and emotional cognition of the world by a growing person at each stage of ontogenesis.

La música de sanación en comunidades Asháninka de la cuenca del río Tambo

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Inclusión en la educación superior

Diante do cenário educacional contemporâneo no Brasil, este artigo, de cunho teórico reflexivo, tem por objetivo problematizar as diferentes esferas de exclusão no ensino superior, enfatizando as possibilidades de (transform)ação docente nesse contexto. Fundamentado na Teoria Histórico-Cultural, o artigo discute as especificidades dos processos de inclusão e exclusão que se estabelecem no ensino superior e tece reflexões sobre o trabalho docente, com vistas à consolidação de ambientes educacionais efetivamente inclusivos nos quais se possa reconhecer, valorizar e promover a presença, a participação e a aprendizagem de cada estudante.

Professional learning in healthcare settings in resource-limited environments: what are the tensions for professionals’ knowing and learning about antimicrobial resistance?

ABSTRACT This article examines tensions that professionals in healthcare settings in low-to-middle income countries (LMICs) face in the evolving field around surveillance of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Few public health problems are of greater global importance today than AMR, that poses a threat to our ability to treat infections. In this context, the microbiology laboratory occupies a prominent place and the knowledge field of microbiology is expanding. In this study, we interviewed twenty-three (n = 23) professionals with expertise on AMR and public health systems to synthesise knowledge on strengthening AMR surveillance in LMICs. By drawing on a practice approach [Schatzki, T. R. 2001. “Practice Ttheory.” In The Practice Turn in Contemporary Theory (1–14), edited by T. R. Schatzki, K. Knorr-Cetima, and E. von Savigny. New York: Routledge.] combined with socio-cultural and cultural-historical theories (CHAT) [Engeström, Y. 1987. Learning by Expanding: An Activity-Theoretical Approach to Developmental Research. Helsinki: Orienta-Konsultit] the analysis reveals seven tensions between elements of the systems and discusses how such tensions serve to frame implications for implementing a capacity strengthening programme. The analysis shows that the novelty of the AMR as well as being a multi-disease and multisectoral by nature challenges existing forms of professional practice in healthcare settings. It also suggests that AMR requires to be dealt with through inter-professional and inter-sectoral approaches, while maintaining a focus across the local, national, and global systems, which is essential for initiatives that are set to address challenges to global health.

Intervenção pedagógica e mediação: convergências entre teoria histórico-cultural e Yves Lenoir

Este artigo tem por objetivo apresentar uma revisão de literatura sobre o conceito de intervenção pedagógica e sua relação com o conceito de mediação proposto pela teoria histórico-cultural. Fundamentar a intervenção pedagógica e, especialmente, o conceito de mediação é uma questão atual. Para discutir estes temas, fizemos uma breve abordagem histórica do termo intervenção e buscamos aproximar pressupostos da teoria histórico-cultural, principalmente em Lev Semyonovich Vigotski, com as dimensões empírica, pragmática e operacional, do termo intervenção pedagógica, conforme proposto por Yves Lenoir. Abordamos os argumentos utilizados pelos autores e, em seguida, identificamos aspectos de convergência entre eles. Os resultados indicam similaridades entre as abordagens. Identificamos três elementos que permitem relacionar os termos: desejo, indicando a intenção da regulação; práxis, pois é uma ação refletida por um problema advindo da prática; interdisciplinaridade, já que envolve diversas dimensões do ser humano. Assim como, observamos a importância de compreender os conceitos relacionados à intervenção. Nesse sentido, intervir é mediar e regular para o desenvolvimento das funções psíquicas superiores.

Cultural-historical study of crises in child role adjustment during transition to school within a bi-cultural context

ABSTRACT There is a consensusthat the crises children encounter during the transition period might impact negatively on children’s learning and development. However, from cultural-historical perspective, qualitative leap in development can hardly be achieved without crises. This paper, drawing upon cultural-historical theory as the framework and by using ‘role adjustment’ as the unit of analysis, discusses what the crisis means for children’s learning and development. Through a case study of two second generation Chinese Australian children’s role adjustmentin school transition, this paper finds that the crises provide both potentials and dangers depending on how the crises are managed within the child’s social situation of development. It argues against the advocates for making children’s transition seamless, as it is important to utilize the developmental potentials of crises instead of eliminating them. It also enriches the cultural-historical studies by exploring not only the developmental aspect but also the dark side of the crises.

Simulaciones situadas intra-aula como estrategia de enseñanza-aprendizaje en la formación de Trabajo Social

This paper is about the simulations' systematization and evaluation, implemented over 13 years, as part of the training of Social Work students at the University of Costa Rica. As a product of the systematization, the simulations' theoretical foundation is detailed, integrated by student-centered approach, situated learning, and cultural-historical theory. Besides, the didactic process had two moments: first, the strategy preparation and implementation, and second the debriefing with all the participants. The evaluation was implemented in 2017, 2018, and 2019. A questionnaire was developed and completed by 60 students in these three years. The students consider the simulations as a more dynamic approximation to the knowledge provided by the course, through the practical approach to situations they will face in their professional practice. The students acquired several learnings with this training, on a theoretical, methodological, and technical level, as well as the development of skills for the attention of crises.

В поисках методологии обучения дисциплинам на английском языке в вузе

English Medium Instruction (EMI) — teaching/learning of content through English at a university — is currently gaining momentum worldwide, albeit it still lacks consensus regarding conceptualization and efficacious pedagogy and encounters a myriad of challenges at the implementation level. The latter prompt ed a host of researchers to voice concerns about its possible negative effects on content learning and overall educational quality. Current EMI conceptualization is primarily informed by the applied linguistics perspective. Drawing on the dialectical unity of language (word) and cognition (thought), the article presents recent and fruitful applications of Vygotsky’s ideas to foreign language teaching/learning praxis and suggests a symbiosis of two theoretical perspectives — the cultural historical theory and systemic functional linguistics — to inform teaching/learning in English-mediated contexts. The article shifts the focus from the most researched area in the EMI acronym, which is E (dealing with the English language issues), to I (Instruction) to suggest a potential conceptual and pedagogical solution to the EMI conundrum.