A transição do quinto para o sexto ano do ensino fundamental: uma investigação acerca das expectativas e impressões dos discentes

Abstract

This paper comes from the concern to understand the expectations and impressions of fifth and sixth grade students about the transition process from one school year to the next. We are, specifically, dedicated to the analyzes of drawings and interviews done with students from five partner schools of a larger project on the subject, funded by CNPq, three municipal and two state schools. We present the research results in three articles that constitute this graduation final paper. The first article discusses the drawings made by the students, presenting, in the case of the fifth grade students, how the school year was and their expectations for the sixth grade, and in the case of the sixth grade students, how was their experience in the sixth grade and their memories of the fifth grade. The second article also considers the same drawings, but it is devoted to the interpretations of teachers in the schools where students study when they analyze these drawings. Analyzing the drawings, it is clear that many of the images taken by fifth grade students, and consequently their expectations for the sixth grade, reflect the practices and discourses of the teachers themselves in the classroom. The third article is based on interviews made with the students. On this, we sick to investigate several episodes that contribute to the understanding of why the transition from the fifth to the sixth grade presents so many tensions in the students’ lives. Thus, this paper argues that students, as members of a society, need support from both their teachers and their families at this special moment of their school life, being important to them having space to express their opinions, to foment discussions in favor of their development and opportunities to meet and answer questions about their expectations.