Reflexões sobre metodologias de pesquisa: perspectivas de colaboração em investigações crítico-educacionais / Reflections about research methodologies: collaborative perspectives in critical-educational investigations / Réflexions sur les méthodologies de recherche: perspectives collaboratives dans les investigations critiques en éducation

Escrito em três línguas ­ embora suas partes não sejam traduzidas em todas as línguas que o constituem ­ esse texto tripartido tem dois objetivos: primeiramente, busca fornecer uma ideia geral do curso - três cursos em um - que foi oferecido durante a primavera europeia e o outono brasileiro de 2021 por três professoras em parceria para os seus alunos de mestrado e doutorado, ou seja, para estudantes, em sua maioria, das três universidades onde elas lecionam, promovendo uma discussão densa e uma visão ampla acerca do tema do curso, qual seja, Metodologias Críticas de cunho colaborativo, especialmente as que se embasam nos estudos histórico-culturais, conforme discutidos por L. S. Vigotski (1924-1934). O curso foi organizado a partir da ideia inicial e central de uma oportunidade para aprofundar a compreensão dos aspectos que aproximam e diferenciam os trabalhos das três pesquisadoras - Clínica de Atividades, Pesquisa-Trans-Formação, Pesquisa Crítica de Colaboração - e de seus grupos de pesquisa, especialmente no tocante às metodologias empregadas e ao seu trabalho com profissionais da educação. Os resultados das discussões demonstram que as três metodologias se apoiam, em maior ou menor escala, em conceitos tais como contradição, trabalho colaborativo, instrumento-e-resultado, dialética, totalidade-unidade, sentido e significado (ou significação), entre outros. Alguns autores foram também convidados para contribuir com sua visão sobre aspectos específicos da teoria histórico-cultural e/ou possibilidades metodológicas que podem ser desenvolvidas a partir desses estudos. Já outros autores que contribuíram com esse número temático da Revista Psicologia da Educação foram participantes do curso em si ­ como professores convidados ou como estudantes ­ e apresentam suas visões sobre o que foi discutido nas semanas de trabalho, i.e., as metodologias de pesquisa e suas bases ou as ideias principais que surgiram nas discussões e contribuíram com a elaboração dos componentes metodológicos de suas teses ou dissertações. (AU)

Written in three languages ­ though not translated into all of them ­ this tripartite text's aim is twofold: First and foremost, it aims at providing an overview of a course - three courses in one - delivered over the European Spring and Brazilian Autumn of 2021, in partnership by the three authors to their Master's and Doctorate students, i.e., to participants of the three universities where they lecture, providing a sound discussion and broad overview of critical collaborative research methodologies, especially those that are developed bearing in mind the cultural-historical studies as per L. S. Vygotsky (1924-1934). The course was organized from the initial and central idea of creating an opportunity to deepen the understanding of the aspects that bring the work of the three researchers closer and differentiating the work of the three researchers - Activity Clinic, Trans-Formation Research, Critical Collaboration Research - and their research groups, especially regarding the methodologies employed and their work with education professionals Results show that the three methods are, to a greater or lesser degree, supported by concepts such as contradiction, collaborative work, instrument-and-result, dialectics, totality-uniqueness, sense and meaning (or signification), among others. Secondly, this paper aims at briefly explaining that the thematic issue of the Journal Educational Psychology has also received contribution from other colleagues - whilst some authors were invited to contribute with their view on specific aspects of the cultural-historical theory and/or the methodological possibilities that can be developed from these studies, other writers who have contributed to this thematic issue took part in the above-mentioned course, and either provided a text on their view of what was discussed, the research methodologies and their bases, or on the main ideas arising from the debates for their thesis/dissertation thesis' methodological organization. (AU)

Cet article trilingue s'inscrit dans le prolongement d'un cours donné conjointement par trois universités (deux brésiliennes, une suisse) en 2021. A cette période, les mesures liées à l'épidémie de covid nous forçaient à donner nos cours à distance. Transformant cette contrainte en ressource pour faire ce que nous désirions faire depuis longtemps, c'est-à-dire enseigner ensemble, nous avons construit ce cours comme une opportunité importante de co-enseigner, malgré les distances géographiques, et de permettre aux étudiant-es de deux continents, vivant dans des pays et contextes très différents, de se connaître et de collaborer. Le cours s'adressait ainsi aux étudiant-es de master et aux doctorant-es des trois universités. Des professeur-es invité-es et des étudiant-es d'autres universités ont rejoint ponctuellement le cours. L'objectif était de comprendre et de discuter les approches de recherche collaborative critiques d'inspiration vygotskienne portées par les trois organisatrices. Le cours offrait ainsi un cadre pour explorer ces trois approches, ainsi que leurs convergences et divergences, ce dont cet éditorial garde trace. L'entrée dans la réflexion était principalement méthodologique. Cette comparaison méthodologique met en évidence l'importance des concepts de contradiction, dialectique, collaboration, totalité-singularité, sens et signification, approche instrumentale, en particulier. S'appuyant sur les mêmes textes théoriques de Vygotskij et de son école, qu'elles déclinent dans des contextes et avec des objectifs différents, nos trois approches présentent des convergences fortes, avec des vocabulaires et conceptualisations différents, nécessitant un travail précis de compréhension théorique et de traduction. Cet éditorial présentera donc brièvement les trois approches et les similitudes que nous avons relevées. Les articles qui composent ce numéro spécial du journal Educational Psycholog ont été écrits suite à cette expérience collective, scientifique et pédagogique. Nous avons invité certain-es auteurs/trices à développer certains points méthodologiques centraux, d'autres ont poursuivi dans ce cadre la réflexion entamée dans leurs mémoires et thèses, d'autres encore ont élaboré leurs réflexions sur certaines idées débattues ensemble. (AU)

Producing transformations to study them: concept development in activity clinics / Produzir transformações para estudá-las: desenvolvimento de conceitos na clínica de atividade / Producir transformaciones para estudiarlas: Desarrollo de Conceptos en la Clínica de Actividad

Concepts are at the core of human psychological experience. By means of them, we can communicate, understand and collaborate with each other. Within each community, concepts have been learned and can be taught. They are of capital importance for education in every level and for work activities. Concepts have been the object of study of different disciplines and in different contexts for many years. Despite their importance and the attention they have received, both common sense and psychological science understand concepts in an oversimplified way that has consequences for research and teaching. Early in the past century, Vygotsky studied the phenomena of concepts and their development in what ended up addressing most of the loose ends that remain in current dominant psychological and educational perspectives. In this article, we review the main, hegemonic perspectives on concepts in psychology, particularly one of the mayor research fields in educational psychology (Research on Conceptual Change), to present later some crosscutting criticisms to those approaches that will become our touchstone for a sound theory of concepts. Then we present the Vygotskian approach to concept development, and the methodological implications derived from the dialectical framework in which it is inscribed. Finally, extending the Vygotskian approach beyond child development, we present a method developed in French work psychology, the Activity Clinics approach, and its potential for studying the development of concepts in work activities. (AU)

Os conceitos estão no coração da experiência psicológica humana. Graças a eles, podemos nos comunicar, entender e colaborar uns com os outros. Dentro de cada comunidade, os conceitos têm sido aprendidos e podem ser ensinados. Eles são de fundamental importância para a educação em todos os níveis e para as atividades de trabalho. Os conceitos têm sido objeto de estudo em diferentes disciplinas e em diferentes contextos durante anos. Apesar de sua importância e da atenção que receberam, tanto o senso comum quanto a ciência psicológica compreendem conceitos de uma forma muito simplificada que tem consequências para a pesquisa e o ensino. No início do século passado, Vygotsky estudou os conceitos e seu desenvolvimento naquilo que acabaria por abordar a maioria das pontas soltas que permanecem nas perspectivas psicológicas e educacionais dominantes de hoje. Neste artigo, revisamos as principais perspectivas psicológicas sobre conceitos, em particular um dos principais campos de pesquisa em psicologia educacional que tem tratado do fenômeno (Pesquisa sobre Mudança Conceitual), e depois apresentamos algumas críticas transversais daquelas abordagens que se tornarão nossa "pedra de toque" para uma sólida teoria de conceitos. Apresentamos então a abordagem de Vygotsky para o desenvolvimento de conceitos e as implicações metodológicas derivadas da estrutura dialética na qual ela está inserida. Finalmente, estendendo a abordagem de Vygotsky para além do desenvolvimento infantil, apresentamos um método desenvolvido em psicologia do trabalho francês, a Clínica de Atividade, e seu potencial para estudar o desenvolvimento do conceito em atividades de trabalho. (AU)

Los conceptos están al centro de la experiencia psicológica humana. Gracias a ellos, podemos comunicarnos, comprendernos y colaborar entre nosotros. Dentro de cada comunidad, los conceptos se han aprendido y se pueden enseñar. Son de fundamental importancia para la educación en todos los niveles y para las actividades del trabajo. Los conceptos han sido objeto de estudio de diferentes disciplinas y en diferentes contextos durante años. A pesar de su importancia y de la atención que han recibido, tanto el sentido común como la ciencia psicológica entienden los conceptos de una manera Sobre simplificada que tiene consecuencias para la investigación y la enseñanza. A principios del siglo pasado, Vygotsky estudió los conceptos y su desarrollo en lo que acabaría ocupándose de la mayoría de los cabos sueltos que quedan en las perspectivas psicológicas y educativas actualmente dominantes. En este artículo, revisamos las principales perspectivas psicológicas sobre los conceptos, en particular uno de los principales campos de investigación en psicología educacional que se ha ocupado del fenómeno (Investigación en Cambio Conceptual), para presentar enseguida algunas críticas transversales a esos enfoques que se convertirán en nuestra "piedra de toque" para una sólida teoría de los conceptos. Luego presentamos el enfoque Vygotskiano del desarrollo de conceptos, y las implicaciones metodológicas derivadas del marco dialéctico en el que se inscribe. Finalmente, ampliando el enfoque Vygotskiano más allá del desarrollo infantil, presentamos un método desarrollado en la psicología del trabajo francesa, la Clínica de la Actividad, y su potencial para estudiar el desarrollo de los conceptos en las actividades del trabajo. (AU)

Teaching and learning robotic surgery at the dual console: a video-based qualitative analysis.

Robotic-assisted surgery (RAS) involves training processes and challenges that differ from open or laparoscopic surgery, particularly regarding the possibilities of observation and embodied guidance. The video recording and the dual-console system creates a potential opportunity for participation. Our research, conducted within the department of visceral surgery of a big Swiss, public, academic hospital, uses a methodology based on the co-analysis of video recordings with surgeons in self-confrontation interviews, to investigate the teaching activity of the lead surgeon supervising a surgeon in training at the dual console. Three short sequences have been selected for the paper. Our analysis highlights the skills-in-construction of the surgeon in training regarding communication with the operating team, fluency of working with three hands, and awareness of the whole operating site. It also shows the divergent necessities of enabling verbalization for professional training, while ensuring a quiet and efficient environment for medical performance. To balance these requirements, we argue that dedicated briefing and debriefing sessions may be particularly effective; we also suggest that the self-confrontation video technique may be valuable to support the verbalization on both the mentor's and the trainee's side during such debriefing, and to enhance the mentor's reflexivity regarding didactic choices.

Citizen Science, Education, and Learning: Challenges and Opportunities.

Citizen science is a growing field of research and practice, generating new knowledge and understanding through the collaboration of citizens in scientific research. As the field expands, it is becoming increasingly important to consider its potential to foster education and learning opportunities. Although progress has been made to support learning in citizen science projects, as well as to facilitate citizen science in formal and informal learning environments, challenges still arise. This paper identifies a number of dilemmas facing the field-from competing scientific goals and learning outcomes, differing underlying ontologies and epistemologies, diverging communication strategies, to clashing values around advocacy and activism. Although such challenges can become barriers to the successful integration of citizen science into mainstream education systems, they also serve as signposts for possible synergies and opportunities. One of the key emerging recommendations is to align educational learning outcomes with citizen science project goals at the planning stage of the project using co-creation approaches to ensure issues of accessibility and inclusivity are paramount throughout the design and implementation of every project. Only then can citizen science realise its true potential to empower citizens to take ownership of their own science education and learning.

Never the Twain Introduction to the Special Issue Psychology of Religion: Dialogues Between Sociocultural and Cognitive Perspectives.

Bringing together perspectives is rarely an easy task. By assembling researchers from cognitive and cultural traditions to discuss their reciprocal research in the field of psychology of religion, we thought that we will end up with an ecumenical conclusion, everyone being convinced that the other perspective will enrich her or his approach in the future. In this introduction, our objective is to show that it was not exactly the case and, by writing a two-voices introduction, to understand why we were eventually not so sure that we were all studying the same object.

Being Through Doing: The Self-Immolation of an Asylum Seeker in Switzerland.

In April 2016, Armin, an asylum seeker in a village of Switzerland, set himself alight in the public square of the town, one of a few cases reported across Europe. He performed the act following a denied request for asylum and was saved by bystanders. We present the results of two qualitative interviews conducted with Armin, his translator and his roommate following the incident. The act is theorized through the lens of a dialogical analysis focusing on the concept of social recognition. The notion of trauma is considered as a key mediating mechanism, theorized as creating ruptures in time, memory, language, and social connections to an Other. We conclude this communicative act to represent both "being-toward-death" and a relational striving toward life; a "destruction as the cause of coming into being."

Engaging workers in WRMSD prevention: Two interdisciplinary case studies in an activity clinic.

BACKGROUND: This paper reports on two case studies conducted by the Activity Clinic team to support the prevention of Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders (WRMSDs) in the workplace. Research so far qualifies WRMSDs as multifactorial and organizational pathologies. It has also demonstrated that in situ clinical analysis of the work activity improves the understanding of WRMSDs and their long-term prevention. OBJECTIVE: In the two cases reported here (one in the car industry and the other among gravediggers in a large French city), the interventionist framework combined ergonomic observations, biomechanical monitoring, and a developmental methodology called Cross Self-Confrontation (CSC). The goal was to help workers and managers reflect on their work constraints, the impact of those constraints on health, and the possibility of transforming the work. METHOD: Volunteers among the workers were prompted to engage in collective re-thinking of their work based on video-recordings and monitoring of their physical activity. In the CSC dialogues, biomechanical or ergonomic quantitative representations of the work activity were transformed by the researchers and the workers into argumentation and analysis tools for understanding and prevention of WRMSDs. CSC interviews were recorded and analyzed to track the dynamics of collective elaboration--both conceptual and practical--on WRMSDs prevention. RESULTS: CSC discussions helped workers and managers transform their views on health, activity, and work constraints, and experiment with alternatives for health protection. The dialogical framework and quantitative representations were instrumental in the process of collective re-conceptualization of conflicts in the work activity and of resources for its transformation. CONCLUSION: This research demonstrates how the integration of biomechanical and ergonomic mediations in the CSC framework promotes WRMSDs prevention in the workplace. This integration supports discussions within work teams and across organizational levels on work dimensions, which may lead to alternatives supporting health.