| Summary: | This paper has the objective of presenting, discussing and evaluating a
teaching activity proposal for the undergraduate level. Such proposal is based
mainly on reading and discussing texts, demanding an active posture on the
part of students. It has been developed as an alternative to traditional
pedagogical activities which usually use texts as mere sources of information.
The proposal is supported by Socio-Historic Psychology and has been
implemented at the Federal University of Pelotas (Brazil). It was analyzed
through written evaluations that contained the opinions of Pedagogy students
about it. The evaluations underwent a process of thematic analysis and
indicated that the proposal, in spite of some criticism (related mainly to the
effort necessary to develop the assigned tasks), has been considered
successful. The students reported that, through the activities they have carried
out, they were able to: understand the texts in a more profound manner and
internalize their content more efficiently; establish interconnections with other
information previously learned and/or life experiences; and reflect upon what
they have learned. They also reported developing and improving their written
expression abilities and other abilities related to thinking processes
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