Análise de um projeto pedagógico em uma perspectiva semiótica e dialógica

this paper intends to discuss the potentialities of a document analysis guide in a semiotic and dialogical approach. this methodology is being built and it is part of a broader study which the general target is to understand how an alternative graduation program generates possibilities of personal and professional growth for those teachers who work in the basic educational program. in this paper we present a discussion about the proceeding of a documental analysis which intends to investigate the present meanings in a document and to identify the several social voices that go through it. in this approach the document is seen as a powerful semiotic mediator which actively participates in the building up of meanings that are going to direct the social practices and the human development processes. the proceeding of the document analysis is discussed taking a semiotic approach as base granted by the historic-cultural psychology and by the dialogical approach of the speech. next we present the document analysis guide we built up and we end the discussion presenting an example of a semiotic and dialogical documental analysis based on the pedagogical project which is the object of our broader study. the proceedings adopted granted us a deeper understanding of the phenomenon in focus and contributed to deepen the discussion about the methodology of the document analysis as a strategy to the understanding of the human development processes.