Truth, lie or just a case of poetry? The imaginary production cultivated in school

Abstract

The objective of this paper is to analyze a pedagogical practice in which students from fourth grade of elementary school lived a creative process mediated by the reading of literature seeking to understand the extent to which the imaginary production is cultivated in school . The theoretical framework adopted was the Cultural-Historical perspective of human development that considers how much richer the social and cultural experience of the child , the more possibilities exist for creation and imagination , so it's up to schools to enable development means creating their students . The episode cut for analysis is part of the collection of data from one of the researchers during the course master . Methodologically, a qualitative research documented the relationships experienced by a school teacher and her students through audiogravação and notes in a field journal . Were also taken as given the plans of the teacher and teaching activities produced by the students. We conclude that the act of creation and the place of the imaginary as essentially human condition , through the mediation of language , can take place at school while teaching practices that may be constituted as new forms of children's participation in culture. Keywords: teaching practices, mediation, language, imagination, creation.