The representations of the students, as a means of practical knowledge, and the learning of scientific knowledge at school

Résumé

This study deals with different concepts of representation, emphasizing the perspective of Social Psychology for the aid it can give to the understanding of the importance of considering, in teaching, concepts and images formed by the student in his daily life. This importance happens in order to facilitate and also to surpass perceptions, and finds theoretical support in epistemological and didactic discussions of the teaching-learning process.