O papel do grupo na relação entre mediação e construção do conhecimento

Abstract

This paper’s main goal is make a discussion about a research that analyzed the group as a cultural tool in the knowledge building process. It was made considering the relation between group and mediated actions’ properties, having the cultural-historical Psychology as the theoretical foundation. An intervention research case study was made with an elementary school group of students; they were of both genders and have a 14 years old mean age. Five group meetings using a workshop methodology were held, using different activities it were analyzed the group dynamics and its operation. The study’s main conclusion indicates that the group can operate as a cultural tool, in other words, it can be a psychological instrument that mediates the human action (its participants’ actions). This process generates the knowledge building by the group domain. Besides, the facilitation group process can promote a mediated learning experience, thus making a propitious environment for the domain of other kind of mediated tools.