What we talk about when we talk about work?

Abstract

The research that led to this study, of theoretical character, has been analyzing a set of categories which are fundamental to the historical-Cultural Theory, widely and generically recurrents in pedagogy courses, but not always taken to giving it such a theory. The recent disclosure of the historical-Cultural Theory in the education field has placed on the agenda of educational speeches a wide terminology whose categorical force stands only before fidelity to its contents. However, it was noted, in the course of teaching practice, students tend to use certain terms without, however, clearly discriminate their sense, as they have different theoretical perspectives. They inadvertently incur in a deleterious eclecticism, with meanings that sometimes are strangers or even contrary to the fundaments of a particular theory. The present work analyzes the category “activity” in New School pedagogy, opposing it to Leontiev’s theories, with reference to the category of work, according to Marx's formulation.

Keywords: Activity. Work. Education.