Quem não sonhou em ser um jogador de futebol?: trabalho com projetos para reelaborar foregrounds

• Ano de defesa: 2015
• Autor(a) principal: Biotto Filho, Denival [UNESP]
• Tipo de documento: Tese
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
• Palavras-chave em Português: Mathematics - Philosophy; Matemática - Filosofia; Motivação (Psicologia); Psicologia da aprendizagem; Exclusão social; Metas (Psicologia); Matemática - Estudo e ensino; Futebol
• Link de acesso: http://hdl.handle.net/11449/124075; http://www.athena.biblioteca.unesp.br/exlibris/bd/cathedra/02-06-2015/000831902.pdf

The concept of foreground relates to how individuals see their future, including their wishes, dreams, intentions, expectations, hopes, fears, and obstacles. The concept of foreground is usually discussed from a social perspective, and includes the social, political and economic context of a person. The reasons that students have for learning are formed from their foregrounds therefore, students with ruined foregrounds feel they have no real prospects for the future and no reason to learn. Although there are studies that discuss the relation between the foreground of individuals and their engagement in educational activities, this research does not discuss what to do when a student's foreground does not offer any real reasons for learning. This leads to my research question: how to reform foregrounds in educational settings? To investigate this subject, I chose to develop a set of activities with a group of school children in an educational setting, which would allow me to understand how such activities could contribute to reforming their foregrounds. This data collection was set in a social institution that shelters economically poor children and adolescents in an after-school center. The theme of this project was Soccer Project, which focused on the natural desire of many children to become soccer players. Included, were activities based on the project work proposal, which included games, chats with professional guests, interviews, acting, and recording and editing video. Interviews with youth participants and episodes from the Soccer Project were analyzed to identify possible reforms in their future, as well as to discuss the concept of foreground in general. The data analysis took into account the following research objective: to investigate the student's foregrounds in an educational setting based on project work proposals, in order to discuss the foreground reforms. This research will contribute in the following ways: to the...