Learning activity: questions about its formation and development

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5433/1984-7939.2022v7n1p100

Keywords:

Learning activity, Formation of learning activity, Generalized mode of action

Abstract

This article aims to discuss questions about the formation and development of Learning Activity by elementary school students throughout the process of their schooling. This activity - through which the main changes take place in the psychism of the school-age child - is a special kind of activity: through it, the student appropriates theoretical content, performing on it mental actions aimed at uncovering the internal connections that characterize the learning object in its essence. In this process he develops theoretical thinking and the capacities related to it - analysis, reflection, and planning. Learning Activity, however, is not assimilated by the child in all its complexity as soon as he/she starts the schooling process; it is formed and developed through a long and complex process in which the child learns, initially under the direct guidance of the teacher, to perform learning tasks, to control the manner of performing the actions and operations of this task, and to evaluate the results achieved in its execution. Doing this, students form the reasons for learning, the objectives and learning actions, control and evaluation, in a systematic work through which they appropriate knowledge and develop abilities, capacities and generalized modes of action, aiming not only to make them able to solve learning tasks, but, mainly, to solve problems they may face in their lives.

Author Biography

Stela Miller, Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho - Unesp - Marília

Ph.D. in Teaching in Brazilian Education from Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho. She is a retired professor from the Didactics Department of the School of Philosophy and Sciences of Unesp - Marília (SP).

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Published

2022-07-12

How to Cite

MILLER, Stela. Learning activity: questions about its formation and development. Educação em Análise, Londrina, v. 7, n. 1, p. 100–120, 2022. DOI: 10.5433/1984-7939.2022v7n1p100. Disponível em: https://ojs.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/educanalise/article/view/45172. Acesso em: 4 jul. 2024.