Jogo e letramento: crianças de 6 anos no ensino fundamental Play and literacy: six-year-old children in fundamental education

Discute-se uma prática curricular em que se alia o jogo ao processo de letramento no primeiro ano do ensino fundamental de nove anos da Escola de Aplicação da USP. A análise do currículo assentado no lúdico como atividade importante para o letramento pode representar a possibilidade de integração de crianças de 6 anos e a superação dos desalinhos curriculares no âmbito da política pública de ampliação do ensino fundamental. A investigação, de caráter qualitativo, pautou-se em dados do acompanhamento das cinco turmas de primeiro ano do ensino fundamental de nove anos do período de 2006 a 2010, com análise do plano de ensino, registros de desempenho das crianças, entrevistas com pais, depoimentos orais de crianças, registros da professora e relatórios da brinquedoteca. Os dados indicam que o currículo implementado, em seus aspectos estruturais e pedagógicos, atende as necessidades das crianças, ajusta-se às concepções de atividade, mediações e uso de jogos imaginários com apoio de signos e artefatos. Constatou-se que as mediações são mais adequadas quando há dois docentes para desenvolver atividades relacionadas à pedagogia de jogos destinados ao letramento. No plano das políticas públicas, a implementação dessa prática exigirá atenção para os aspectos estruturais e pedagógicos.<br>The article discusses a curriculum practice in which playing is associated to the literacy process in the first year of the nine-year fundamental schooling at the School of Application of the University of São Paulo. A curriculum analysis grounded on the ludic as an important activity for literacy can improve the possibility of integration of six-year-olds, and help to overcome the curriculum disarray observed in public policies for the extension of fundamental education. The investigation, of a qualitative nature, was based on information collected with the five first-year classes of the nine-year fundamental education during the period from 2006 to 2010, and included the analysis of the teaching plans, children's performance charts, interviews with parents, children's verbal testimonies, teachers' records, and reports from the toy library. The data indicate that the curriculum implemented fulfils, in its structural and pedagogical aspects, the needs of the children, adjusting to the conceptions of activity, mediations and use of imaginary games with the support of signs and artifacts. It was observed that the mediations are more adequate when there are two teachers involved in developing the activities related to the pedagogy of games devoted to the literacy process. On the level of public policies, the implementation of this practice would call attention to structural and pedagogical aspects

The Limits and Possibilities of History: How a Wider, Deeper, and More Engaged Understanding of Business History Can Foster Innovative Thinking

© Academy of Management Learning & Education, 2016. Calls for greater diversity in management research, education, and practice have increased in recent years, driven by a sense of fairness and ethical responsibility, but also because research shows that greater diversity of inputs into management processes can lead to greater innovation. But how can greater diversity of thought be encouraged when educating management students beyond the advocacy of affirmative action and relating the research on the link between multiplicity and creativity? One way is to think again about how we introduce the subject. Introductory textbooks often begin by relaying the history of management. What is presented is a very limited monocultural and linear view of how management emerged. This article highlights how this history may limit the view of management scholars in contrast to the broader perspectives that the histories of other comparable fields, like medicine and architecture, encourage. We discuss how a wider, deeper, and more engaged understanding of management history can foster thinking differently in our field