O jornal das crianças: uma práxis educativa fundamentada no pensamento de Célestin Freinet

Abstract

The present study aims to analyze the experience of developing a school newspaper from the conception coined by the French educator Célestin Freinet. The main title for reflection in this study is the book O Jornal Escolar (The School Journal), written by this teacher. Given the understanding of what this educational technical, bases and potential are about, the research was organized following the principles mentioned by Freinet from a preschool newspaper with a group of pre-school in E.M.E.I. Recanto Infantil, in Piratini/RS. Based on a qualitative study with a participant matrix, during two months (August and September 2011) it were collected data on the process of building the form, which was entitled Jornal das Crianças (Children‟s journal). It was also availed in this period the participants‟ speech of the proposal, taking into account their point of views. At the development of this research it is concluded that the practice of developing a school newspaper offers many contributions to the educational process. Among these contributions we can mention: the appearing of attitudes that is worth for the citizenship education, construction of a cooperative research and the constitution of a critical view on social problems.