FIGURATIVE NUCLEUS OF SOCIAL REPRESENTATION: CONTRIBUTIONS TO EDUCATION

Authors

  • RITA DE CÁSSIA PEREIRA LIMA Universidade Estácio de Sá (Unesa/RJ)
  • PEDRO HUMBERTO FARIA CAMPOS Universidade Estácio de Sá (Unesa/RJ)

Keywords:

Figurative Nucleus, Social Representations, Metaphors, Education

Abstract

This study aims to discuss the “figurative nucleus”, which is an integral part of the
Theory of Social Representations (SRT), based on Social Psychology. Here the focus is on the
educational field, from the perspective of a psychosocial look at the educative relationships. The
figurative nucleus is presented, in this text, through the classic works of the SRT, mainly by the
text: Psychoanalysis, Its Image and Its Public, by Serge Moscovici. Subsequent advances are also
considered, taking up the concepts of “central nucleus” and “social image”. The consequence of
the presented reflections for the objectification of the social representation study is the necessary
and unavoidable complementarity between these notions. As an illustration, two researches in the
area of Education are presented, in which the figurative nucleus has been condensed into
“metaphors”, which have coordinated the speeches of the groups that took part on these studies.
This study proposes that the deepening of the figurative nucleus is a fecund way for the studies in the field of Education, mainly because it allows the relations between thought, social practices and
changes.

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Published

2020-10-30

How to Cite

PEREIRA LIMA, R. D. C., & FARIA CAMPOS, P. H. . (2020). FIGURATIVE NUCLEUS OF SOCIAL REPRESENTATION: CONTRIBUTIONS TO EDUCATION. Educação Em Revista, 36(1). Retrieved from https://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/edrevista/article/view/37565

Issue

Vol. 36 No. 1 (2020): v.36 (2020)

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