O professor, a criança e a água: por caminhos dialógicos

Abstract

This work is a spin off of qualitative research of cultural-historical approach, being based on the ideas of Lev Vygotsky about language and cultural development. The research aimed to follow and understand the cultural process of development of a child from his 12 to 20 month of age focusing on the language emergence and the development of the conscious relationship between child and water as from the cultural interaction with the teacher in the context of swimming class. The field research has been accomplished at the swimming facility over Colégio dos Jesuítas in Juiz de Fora. A eight month long class set had made this child go through the research process (from his 12 to his 20 month of age). The classes were individual lasting 20 minutes each, twice a week, and were then video taped and notes were taken. In this fashion it was documented, in this period, the kid’s first steps towards the field of cultural meanings.