A escuta da criança sobre a linguagem gráfica: ressignificando o fazer pedagógico

Abstract

This present research aims at investigating the conceptions of children about graphic language. As theoretical reference, it was adopted contributions from Edwards, Gandini, Forman (1999), Bassedas (1999), Rinaldi (2012), Barbieri (2012), Cunha (2014). The investigation took place in a public school in the city of Fortaleza- CE with students of the fifth grade in elementary school with a group of eighteen five-year-old children (ten girls and eight boys). The research on qualitative approach was defined by the case study which was used, as observation instruments, three experiences with graphic language which lasted approximately two hours during the months of November and December; and the interview with the children. A sort of “field journal” and a photographic camera were used for the observation recordings and a voice recorder for the interview. The data analysis showed that children lived activities related to painting and drawing. The paintings were summarized to color ready and finished drawings linked to a certain subject that the teacher considered important such as “harmful animals” and holidays or celebrations. In addition to it, in the graphic activities, children have not had many alternatives to communicate their ideas since the material needed was invariable and it was always kept locked in the teacher’s lock, out of reach for the children. This way, we may assume that children, throughout their speeches, reveal many preponderant contents to enrich their experiences with graphic language allowing them to break up with the adult centered vision and with the overlapping of one specific language upon others. Keywords: