Perspectiva
Print version ISSN 0102-5473
Abstract
PEREIRA, Tatiane Marina dos Anjos and GALUCH, Maria Terezinha Bellanda. O garoto selvagem: a importância das relações sociais e da educação no processo de desenvolvimento humano. Perspectiva [online]. 2012, vol.30, n.02, pp.553-571. ISSN 0102-5473.
Based on the understanding that the process of human evolution occurs to the degree that the individual, living in community, is organized on the basis of work, submitting to social and historical laws, this study examines the French film L’enfant sauvage, (The Wild Boy) 1969, whose narrative is based on the true story of the discovery in 1797 of a boy between 11 and 12 who showed no traces of contact with human society. In this sense, considering the relationship established between the processes of learning and development, set in a highly unusual situation of total social isolation, we attempted to reflect on the difficulties and progress reported by the physician Jean Marc Itard, in relation to the reeducation of the “wild boy”, seeking to define, in the light of historical-cultural theory, the determining factors in the process of human evolution and cognitive development of the boy, analyzing the influence of social interaction and the role of education in this process.
Keywords : Human Evolution; Education; Culture.