Estudos Interdisciplinares em Psicologia
On-line version ISSN 2236-6407
Abstract
CARVALHO, Leilanir de Sousa; ARAUJO, Ludgleydson Fernandes de and NEGREIROS, Fauston. Social representations on the performance of the school and educational psychologist. Est. Inter. Psicol. [online]. 2021, vol.12, n.3, pp.75-90. ISSN 2236-6407. https://doi.org/10.5433/2236-6407.2021v12n3p75.
The article aims to investigate the Social Representations (RS) of the School and Educational Psychologist's practice by university students of Psychology. The research was carried out with 101 university students from the Psychology course of a public institution, who were studying or had already studied the School Psychology discipline. The data collected, using the Free Word Association Technique (TALP), were analyzed according to the parameters recommended by the Semantic Network. The analyzes were constructed based on the theoretical-methodological reference of RS and theories on practices in Education. The results pointed out as SR of the School and Educational Psychologist indicating the importance of this professional in the school environment, acting in a critical and articulated way with the school community, and the practice through the relevance of the performance.
Keywords : social representations; educational psychology; school psychology; psychologist's performance.