This file was dowloaded from the institutional repository Brage NIH -brage.bibsys.no/nih Jones, R. L., Edwards, C., Tuim Viotto Filho, I. A. (2014 AbstractThe aim of this article is two-fold. Firstly, it is to advance the case for Activity Theory (AT)as a credible and alternative lens to view and research sports coaching. Secondly, it is to position this assertion within the wider debate about the epistemology of coaching. Following a framing introduction, a more comprehensive review of the development and current conceptualisation of AT is given. Here, AT's evolution through three distinct phases and related theorists, namely Vygotsky, Leont'ev and Engeström, is initially traced. This gives way to a more detailed explanation of AT's principal conceptual components, including 'object', 'subject', 'tools' (mediating artefacts), 'rules', a 'community' and a 'division of labour'. An example is then presented from empirical work illustrating how AT can be used as a means to research sports coaching. The penultimate section locates such thinking within coaching's current 'epistemological debate; arguing that the coaching 'self' is not an autonomous individual, but a relative part of social and cultural arrangements. Finally, a conclusion summarises the main points made, particularly in terms in presenting the grounding constructivist epistemology of AT as a potential way forward for sports coaching.

-Aims:In recent years, recognition of the pedagogical nature of coaching has gained increasing traction. However, within this line of inquiry, only limited attention has been given to the work of Lev Vygotsky. The aim of this article is to construct a more comprehensive case about how Vygotsky's principal ideas can aid our understanding of both the act and process of sports coaching. Methods: The method involves constructing a case from Vygotsky's original work, and how it has been interpreted by others, related to the applicability of using some of his concepts to further our understanding of sports coaching practice. The case presented represents an interpretive and considered approach to the question and task at hand. Discussion: The discussion is centred on the utility of Vygotsky's theorising to sports coaching practice. In particular his advocacy of (1) the cultural-historical perspective; (2) the claim of language as the greatest mediator in learning; (3) how perezhivane contributes to such knowledge generation; (4) the zone of proximal development and the role of the 'more capable other' within it; and (5) the dialectical approach, focussing on the dynamic relationship between everyday and scientific concepts, are given primacy. Conclusion: Finally, a reflective conclusion summarises the main points made and suggests possible future courses of action.

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RESUMO O presente ensaio teórico visa realizar uma discussão sobre o processo de desenvolvimento do psiquismo e as contribuições da educação escolar com base na teoria histórico-cultural e na pedagogia histórico-critica, teorias que compreendem o ser humano como um sujeito dialético que se desenvolve à medida que tem contato com a cultura, história e coletividade humana. Por meio da educação escolar é possível desenvolver o psiquismo em suas máximas possibilidades, por meio do trabalho educativo do professor e da transmissão de conhecimento humano-genérico na escola. Palavras-Chave: Educação; teoria histórico-cultural; desenvolvimento do psiquismo.

O objetivo é apresentar orientações prático-teóricas de natureza crítica, construídas a partir da brincadeira, com a finalidade de engendrar novas possibilidades de atuação para o professor na educação infantil enfatizando a educação física como espaço que atende aspectos motores e psicológicos no desenvolvimento. O trabalho caracteriza-se como pesquisa-intervenção e pautou-se em observações que revelaram influências e tendências que consideramos não-críticas. Em processo de intervenção de natureza crítica enfatizamos a brincadeira e o professor como mediador da cultura material e não material que busca a unidade entre os processos de aprendizagem e desenvolvimento dos atos motores e das funções psicológicas nas aulas de educação física na educação infantil.