Literatura infantil e a formação humana: um olhar sobre a influência da contação de história na construção do sujeito

Abstract

This work had for objective to analyze the influence of the infantile literature in the construction of the subject's identity through the contação of histories. More specifically it was looked for to identify beginnings and values that orientate behaviors and attitudes and that can be apprehended of the histories. The theoretical mark was centered in the educational processes and in the understanding of the importance of the infantile literature, based on Lev Vygotsky, Regina Zilberman, Jean Piaget among others. The investigation is of qualitative approach with illuminated methodology for beginnings of the research socioeducativa and research-action. The instruments of collection of data were: participant observation, focal group and questionnaire. The participant subjects are six students of the 5th year of the fundamental teaching and two mothers, one of a student and another of a student. The actions developed in the research stimulated the participation, considering know and previous experiences. The results pointed a significant evolution in those students' formation, reaffirming the importance and the benefits that the infantile literature provides in the construction of values and of new knowledge in the subject's formation. It is ended that the educational work with infantile literature can mean an important north for the development of attitudes and construction of values as honesty, respect and self-confidence.