How children see themseves and howthey view their enironment from Vytgosky Theory: some thoughts about family, fiends and nature

Abstract

Main objective of this paper is to make a reference to Vytgosky's learning theory applied to the development of higher psychological processes in childhood and how children evolve called practical intelligence. by analyzing a selection of drawings of children 7-9 years old, belonging to the middle and lower classes of Spain, studying how they represent their social environment through the following
categories: Family, friends, school, nature, and neighborhood, and how affecting all these factors in the image and representations of children. We can know their values, their references, their identity or their needs. We explain how the drawings contain stroke, illustrations and graphic elements that they facilitate the development of cognitive and pro-social processes and how emerges the practical intelligence that children should be used in solving problems.