A formação do conceito de gênero dos substantivos entre alunos do ensino fundamental : um processo de tomada de consciência

• Ano de defesa: 2007
• Autor(a) principal: Biondo, Fabiana Poças
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Estadual de Maringá; Brasil; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Letras; UEM; Maringá; Departamento de Letras
• Palavras-chave em Português: Ensino fundamental; Gênero dos substantivos; Gênero gramatical; Ensino da língua portuguesa, Categoria de gênero; Língüística; Tomada de consciência.; Primary school teaching; Gender category; Conscience-raising.; Linguística, Letras e Artes; Letras
• Link de acesso: http://repositorio.uem.br:8080/jspui/handle/1/4013

Gender category is characterized by the division of nouns in classes. Although in the Portuguese language names are grouped within the masculine and feminine dichotomy, a trend exists in which gender is thought of as the difference between he masculine and the feminine. This constitutes a weak and partial concept which may result in confusion. With this idea in mind and emphasizing the importance of school intervention in the process of conscience-raising that favors the concept's adequate understanding, current research investigates the understanding of the concept of the grammatical gender by junior school children. The gender category, conceptual learning and conscience-raising and practical assignments were undertaken through a qualitative and quantitative approach to investigate the students' gender concept. When the hypothesis of change in concepts on the grammatical gender expressed in conscience-raising was tested, a truly significant change in concept during the school and inter-grade process has not been reported. It is deemed necessary that the teaching of Portuguese, especially its grammar, triggers reflection and understanding which theoretically make possible conscience-raising within the differentiation of concepts of the grammatical and biological gender analyzed in current research.