Social knowledge in Piaget: a study of notions of strike

Abstract The study investigated the evolution of the social notion of strike through the meanings constructed by students of different levels of schooling, based on the understanding of social knowledge in the theoretical-methodological contribution of genetic epistemology. We have adopted the qualitative research, exploratory study modality, in which interview and design used, supported by the clinical-critical method. The sample consisted of 16 students, two in each grade (2nd, 4th, 6th and 8th years of elementary school, 1st and 3rd grades of high school and higher education (2nd and 4th year of Pedagogy course). three levels of understanding of social reality. And they indicated that social relations are necessary but not sufficient condition for the development of social notions, and that the school plays fundamental role in the training of subjects, providing access to information, the construction of social knowledge.