Apathy in the classroom : a study of a case based on the winnicottian theory / Apatia em sala de aula : um estudo de caso a partir da teoria winnicottiana

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2009

RESUMO

This work about the comprehension of a child which was apathetic in the classroom was done in a city in the state of São Paulo, at a public school in a neighborhood that is considered to be socially, extremely excluded. The so-called phenomenon "apathy", according to the teachers of the aforementioned school, frequently brings with it the difficulty of children to benefit from the school environment in a profitable manner. The study about apathy is based on reports of some teachers in relation to the attitudes of their students whom they were worried about as to: being disconnected with what was going on; scatter brained; forget quickly; not following up on class work and activities with homework or participation of any kind. The apathy is analyzed from observation and interaction with the child. The investigation is made with theories about emotional development, guided by the hypothesis that this condition can be one of the roots of the difficulties that extrapolates the cognitive development, embracing the emotional aspect. Therefore, the research is founded on psychoanalysis theories, in particular, the Winnicottian. It involved participating in meetings with the school teachers; observation in the classroom; interviews with the mother and meeting with the child at play time. After the interpretation of the empiric research material, the understanding about emotional dynamics that are present in the "apathy", which involve the fragility of the condition of the integration of the ego is presented. The integration tells about the establishment of personal sentiment and brings with it the idea of frontiers between the I and the not I and also the ability to create and to know externality. The integrations supplies the basis for which the individuals follow on the path to independence in relation to environment. Some emotional necessities of the child in the classroom and ideas about the possibility to propitiate the care describe by Winnicott as holding or a facilitating aspect of the environment to the processes of emotional maturity are presented.

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winnicott students isolamento social alunos psychoanalysis apatia social exclusion educação education d. w. (donald woods) psicanalise apathy

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