RIGHTS AND OPPORTUNITIES IN INITIAL LITERACY

Abstract

This article analyzes the political-pedagogical decisions concerning to the definition of the teaching object in initial literacy, and the recognition of students as knowledge-bearing citizens with the right to make reflections and transform unconventional concepts about writing in teaching situations. In order to deepen the meaning of these statements, from a constructivist perspective, we analyze the children’s writings in early childhood education, and the registers of a classroom interactions when children were challenged to write. The interpret the student’s conceptual construction processes is central to understand the value of children's writing transformation and the kind of problems that educators need to raise in teaching situations. Finally, we explicit some theoretical discussions on the phonological awareness perspective and the contributions of the neurosciences.