(Re)signifying a debut as professional development: The appropriation of a new artifact in an adult education group

Authors

  • Betânia Passos Medrado Universidade Federal da Paraíba Departamento de Letras Estrangeiras Modernas Programa de Pós-graduação em Linguística
  • Claudiane Costa Aguiar Universidade Estadual da Paraíba

Abstract

This article adopts the principles and concepts of Sociodiscursive Interactionism, and the vygotskyan assumption that the transformation of an artifact into an instrument promotes the development of human beings. Therefore, this text aims at analyzing a teacher’s reflective report on the experience of using the Didactic Sequences model for the first time in an adult education group (known in Brazil as EJA). The analysis signals that the teacher undergoes a developmental process and (re)conceptualizes her teaching practice.

Keywords: artifact, development, teaching, sociodiscursive interactionism.

Author Biographies

Betânia Passos Medrado, Universidade Federal da Paraíba Departamento de Letras Estrangeiras Modernas Programa de Pós-graduação em Linguística

Claudiane Costa Aguiar, Universidade Estadual da Paraíba

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Published

2014-03-22

How to Cite

Medrado, B. P., & Aguiar, C. C. (2014). (Re)signifying a debut as professional development: The appropriation of a new artifact in an adult education group. Calidoscópio, 12(1), 24–31. Retrieved from https://www.revistas.unisinos.br/index.php/calidoscopio/article/view/cld.2014.121.03

Issue

Vol. 12 No. 1 (2014): January/April

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Articles

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