Banca de DEFESA: Monike Hyasmin Gomes Miranda

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STUDENT : Monike Hyasmin Gomes Miranda
DATE: 08/11/2022
TIME: 08:30
LOCAL: virtual
TITLE:

Social representation of death constructed by elementary school children and its implications for science teaching.

KEY WORDS:

Social Representations. Death. Science teaching. Childish drawing

PAGES: 200
BIG AREA: Ciências Humanas
AREA: Educação
SUMMARY:

Human can be defined as the only animal that knows, fears and practices rituals in the face of death, producing, from this phenomenon, a culture; different from other animals that act instinctively in the face of imminent risk. It is not uncommon to see death as the main attraction in sensationalist newspapers and at the same time witness the concealment of death, especially from children. These are spared or given metaphorical explanations, such as “go to heaven” or “become a little star”. However, if we analyze it well, death can be present in all classrooms, the topic could be addressed in practically all school subjects, for example, death is involved when we study the disappearance of civilizations, evolution and natural selection, food chain, carbon cycle, life cycle, environmental catastrophes, among others. More than a matter of age and cognitive development, children's conceptions of death are formed from the cultural context and social relationships in which they are inserted. In view of this fact, the general objective of this research is to identify/recognise which are the social representations of death of children in Elementary School I and, from there, present a proposal for a Central Core of these representations. We consider that the Theory of Social Representations proposed by Moscovici is adequate to direct the investigation and discussions presented here, as it makes it possible to understand how this theme has been socially constructed and how children appropriate it. To make these representations emerge, we used children's storytelling and drawing as an activity of expression, considering that it is an attractive activity for children, which stimulates their creativity and brings up symbolic elements about death. Twenty children from a school on the outskirts of Aparecida de Goiânia participated in the investigation and the data generated allowed us to propose the Central Nucleus thesis of these representations based on religious values that present an antagonistic vision between good and evil.

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