A formação de conceitos no cotidiano da sala de aula de uma escola religiosa

Abstract

This paper focuses on the formation of concepts based on the analysis of different ways of interaction between teachers and students of the third grade of junior hight school in a private school. The research was developed in two situations: 1- in a common classroom with all the students and their teacher; 2- in a classroom used for special classes to students considered to be slow-learners, with another teacher. The teacher’s role in the formation of new concepts towards the construction of the student’s knowledge and the use of spontaneous concepts formulated by the children themselves were the subject-matter of the research, which was based on books, documents and videorecordings. Teachers and supervisor were interviewed in order to allow a satisfactory comprehension of their aims and interactive patterns. As far as classes and interactions between teachers and students are concerned, the analysis reinforced that the religious values were an important way of criating concepts. We came to the conclusion that the processes of criating concepts−supported by values, cognition and affect−presented different aspects, involving teacher’s performance.