Círculos de letramentos: uma prática de terapia cultural

Abstract

This paper introduces the foundations of a cultural therapy model created by George and Louise Spindler (1994) in the United States and presents its application to a Brazilian cultural context through the practice of Circles of Literacy with elementary school teachers from a town in Ceará. The preliminary results of this practice reveal that teachers participating in these Circles start to understand the diversity of their students, making plural and including their multiple potentials and recognizing the importance of a pedagogical practice that is enhancing of human potentials.