Prototypical analysis of social representations of graduates of the normal school of Vitória da Conquista – BA

Abstract

This article sought to apprehend the central nucleus (NC) and the peripheral system (ABRIC, 1988) of the social representations (MOSCOVICI, 2012) of graduates, about the Normal School of Vitória da Conquista - BA, with the aim of contributing to the orientation of practices pedagogical practices and construction of knowledge in the formative processes. 10 former students participated in the study. The production of information was carried out through interviews carried out by the Google Meet Platform, between October and December 2021. Two instruments were used to produce the information: the free word association technique (TALP), whose inducing theme was ' Normal School', asking them to record the first five words that came to mind, and a semi-structured questionnaire. The evoked words underwent prototypical analysis using the IRAMUTEQ software. The findings point to the word 'friendship' as being the central core of the representations, and the word 'profession', constituting the peripheral system. The salience of this representation allows to affirm the high degree of affectivity attributed to the teaching institution by its actors, attributing to that representational space, a place for establishing bonds of friendship, overcoming more formal aspects. And the presence of the word 'profession' in the peripheral system highlights the importance of this school in choosing their professions, since, of the 10 participants, 6 continued in the teaching career.