Abstract

BAZAN-RAMIREZ, Aldo et al. La autobiografía como aprendizaje esperado y comportamiento lingüístico en niños rurales mexicanos  . Rev Arg Cs Comp. [online]. 2016, vol.8, n.3. ISSN 1852-4206.

The autobiography as expected learning and linguistic behavior in Mexican rural children. 130 autobiographies from sixth grade children from public countryside schools of the state of Morelos, México, were analyzed (66 male students and 64 female students). Taking as a reference the expected learning "Write an autobiography" which is part of "Text production" competence, from the official curriculum. The autobiographies were analyzed in two levels, as academic achievement (formal level) and as a psychological interaction (functional level). Within the first level, it was observed that only the 23.8% achieved all the curricular standards established. In the functional level of analysis, it was found that the children tend to refer more frequently to events from their scholar activities than from their family life. Furthermore, it was found that the curricular standards of the autobiography and the diversity of events referred by the children do not correlate, which suggests that the official curricular standards must be reviewed with the purpose to include a functional dimension in teaching  autobiographical writing competence.

Keywords : autobiography; contingency substitution; elementary countryside school; expected learning.