Usos de portfólios em diferentes práticas: um olhar de uma educadora

Abstract

In this research we intend to analyze the meanings of the term “portfolio through the use of practices in which it is employed. The theoretical and methodological framework was based on aspects of Wittgenstein’s philosophy therapy. In an exercise to go through the uses, we undertake word descriptions portfolio present in three distinct social practices: the economy, the arts and education, selected for its higher incidence of use. Therefore this investigation was guided by the following question: Which meaning has been assigned to the word “portfolio” in different practices and educational context? The aim is to question exclusivist images and enlarge the concept in a therapeutic exercise to go through the uses of portfolios in linguistic praxis. The methodological resources were bibliographic analysis in academic texts and semi-structured interviews with teachers of municipal institutions, state and federal of networks Uberlândia (MG) teaching. Such analyses contemplate several meanings, among many others possible for the term “portfolio”.