THE CONCEPT OF CHANCE IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION: AN ANALYSIS FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE REGISTER OF SEMIOTIC REPRESENTATIONS

Abstract

This article aims to investigate the teaching of chance in the context of tactile models (TM) from the perspective of the Theory of Register of Semiotic Representations. In this qualitative research, we sought to identify the different types of semiotic registers and transformations (treatment and conversion), in the solutions of the tasks of the Jefferson’s Random Walks Teaching Sequence of children in early childhood education (aged 5 years). We found the presence of different registers, most frequently mother tongue and figurative language, and of conversions. Finally, the TM proved versatile, particularly in addressing the concept of chance, for the mobilization of different semiotic registers and transformations, which can encourage teachers to use this material to work probabilistic concepts in the school context