Aspectos de la construcción del conocimiento sobre la sociedad

The child has to construct models or representations about the reality of the society where he or she lives in order to give a meaning to the surrounding world and, furthermore, taking into consideration that these representations serve as landmarks to his action. Most of the mental representations constructed by the child are not simple copies of the adult representations; instead, they are personal constructions and differ qualitatively from those of the older people. The study of the development of knowledge about society in children is attracting the attention of many investigators. There ...

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