Submitted by Rafael Virgilio De Carvalho null (rafael_virgilio_carvalho@hotmail.com) on 2018-03-14T20:28:58Z No. of bitstreams: 1 O HEROÍSMO NA POÉTICA DE PLATÃO.pdf: 1077777 bytes, checksum: 31c32464791dbdb1753178ad2add6a42 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Maria Luiza Carpi Semeghini (luiza@assis.unesp.br) on 2018-03-14T21:50:33Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 carvalho_rv_dr_assis.pdf: 1077777 bytes, checksum: 31c32464791dbdb1753178ad2add6a42 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-03-14T21:50:33Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 carvalho_rv_dr_assis.pdf: 1077777 bytes, checksum: 31c32464791dbdb1753178ad2add6a42 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-02-02 / Para interpretar historicamente o pensamento de Platão é preciso, inicialmente, fazer uma pergunta essencial: quem foi Platão? A resposta tende a ser múltipla quando dada por um historiador que vive o cotidiano da Pós-Modernidade. Assim, pode-se dizer que Platão foi um grego que viveu de 429 a. C. a 348 a. C., membro de uma família aristocrática que descendia do legislador Sólon, cidadão de Atenas, filósofo e discípulo de Sócrates, escritor que compôs inúmeros diálogos socráticos e chefe de um thiasos filosófico chamado Academia. Porém, esses aspectos só ficam claros se Platão for visto como um sujeito histórico, o que implica compreender o seu pensamento como ação recortada por práticas socioculturais que o sujeitavam, fazendo-o incorporar certas disposições que lhe permitia transitar por entre os diferentes campos da sociedade. Para tanto, os diálogos platônicos terão que ser lidos com preocupações historiográficas, mediante pressupostos teóricos, que consigam projetá-los como meio pelo qual este sujeito se relacionava com o campo literário de Atenas. Com o objetivo de reconstruir a biografia de Platão, a análise tem que ser direcionada para a materialidade que determina a sintaxe através da qual a filosofia platônica foi enunciada, isto é, a sua prática de escrita. A dramaticidade, sob a forma do heroísmo socrático, torna-se ponto de convergência da investigação dado que indica as escolhas peculiares vividas por um sujeito e efetivadas em meio às regras socioculturais que definiam o campo literário no qual Platão escreveu os seus diálogos. / To interpret Plato's thought historically, one must first ask an essential question: who was Plato? The answer tends to be multiple when given by a historian who lives the daily postmodernity. Thus it can be said that Plato was a Greek who lived from 429 BC. C. to 348 a. C., member of an aristocratic family that descended from the legislator Solón, citizen of Athens, philosopher and disciple of Sócrates, writer that composed numerous Socratic dialogues and head of a philosophical thiasos called Academy. However, these aspects are only clear if Plato is seen as a historical subject, which implies understanding his thought as an action cut by sociocultural practices that subjected him, making him incorporate certain provisions that allowed him to move through the different fields of society . For this, the Platonic dialogues will have to be read with historiographical concerns, by means of theoretical presuppositions, that can project them as a means by which this subject was related to the literary field of Athens. In order to reconstruct Plato's biography, the analysis has to be directed to the materiality that determines the syntax by which Platonic philosophy was enunciated, that is, its writing practice. Dramaticity, in the form of Socratic heroism, becomes a point of convergence of inquiry, since it indicates the peculiar choices lived by a subject and made effective in the midst of the sociocultural rules that defined the literary field in which Plato wrote his dialogues.

Os historiadores da filosofia parecem quase todos de acordo ao atribuir a Parmênides o início da reflexão a respeito do ser. Mas no Poema encontramos também um discurso a respeito do não-ser. A deusa, a voz de Parmênides, diz que o caminho do não-ser é caminho impercorrível e que ademais, o não-ser não pode nem ser dito e nem ser pensado como origem da geração e da corrupção das coisas. Melisso aparentemente leva esse preceito à últimas conseqüências, pois se não há geração e corrupção, para ele o mundo é infinito, eterno, uno e imutável. Além disso, Melisso nega totalmente os fenômenos, julgando-os um engano dos sentidos. Surge a pergunta: eles estarão falando do mesmo não-ser? Este trabalho tem por objetivo estabelecer as noções respectivas de não-ser em Parmênides e em Melisso. Verificadas as noções de não-ser, elas são comparadas de forma a evidenciar as diferenças: a noção de não-ser de Parmênides aponta para a contradição (noção ontológica); a noção de não-ser de Melisso aponta para o nulo (noção lógica). O trabalho conclui que Melisso transgride o preceito da deusa parmenidiana, usando o não-ser no discurso e no pensamento, pois para ele já não era um conceito contraditório, mas um conceito de ausência, próximo ao nosso conceito de zero. Como complemento, a pesquisa aponta que na seqüência histórica, o conceito de não-ser criticado pelos filósofos posteriores é mais o conceito de Melisso do que aquele de Parmênides. Esse apontar complementar é obtido com um rápido sobrevôo nas filosofias de Górgias e de Platão, com o intuito de abrir a problemática dos próximos passos da pesquisa. Nosso trabalho confirma também o isolamento histórico de Parmênides, tendo sido um inovador sem seguidores. / Almost all the philosophy historians seem to agree attributing to Parmenides the beginning of the reflection about being. In the Poem, however, we also find a speech about not being. The goddess, voice of Parmenides, says that the way of not being is a non accessible way and furthermore not being cannot be said nor thought as the origin of coming-to-be and passingaway of all things. Melissus seems to convey that precept to its boundaries, for if there is no coming-to-be and no passing-away, the world is infinite, eternal, one and immutable. Furthermore, Melissus denies the entire world of experiences, considering it a mistake of senses. There arises a question: are they speaking about the same? This work aims to set up the notions of not being in Parmenides and Melissus. Once examined that notions, they are confronted to make evident he difference: the notion of not being in Parmenides points towards a contradiction (ontologic notion); the notion of not being in Melissus points towards the null (logic notion). The work reaches the conclusion that Melissus transgresses the precept of the parmenidian goddess, using not being in saying and thinking, for it wasnt, in his vision, a contradictory concept, but a concept of absence, close to our concept of zero. In order to complement, our inquiry indicates that, in the historical sequence, the concept of not being rejected by subsequent philosophers is more the Melissus concept than Parmenides one. The direction given is obtained in a quickly overflying in Gorgias and Platos philosophies, with the aim of opening the problematic to next steps of inquiry. Our work confirms also the loneliness of Parmenides, for he was a renovator without followers.

Le présent travail s’inscrit dans une démarche de reconstitution de la notion de vie au sein de la pensée antique. Il s’agit de rétablir son sens au coeur de la langue et de la culture grecque, et particulièrement, à l’intérieur de la philosophie et de la pensée aristotélicienne. L’étude s’organise autour de deux termes fondamentaux et propres à la langue grecque, à savoir les mots βίος et ζωή. La première partie s’attache à dégager la forme et le sens «original» des mots, et étudie les facteurs linguistiques et culturels intervenant dans la formation et l’évolution de la forme et du sens des mots en question. Les mots βίος et ζωή se présentent donc comme les éléments structurants de cette étude. La reconstitution du contexte historico-linguistique des mots conduit à la deuxième partie de ce travail, où sont analysés le travail de poètes tels Homère et Hésiode, ainsi que des premiers philosophes, usuellement nommés présocratiques. Dans cette partie du travail de recherche, la notion de vie est dégagée de l’enquête naturelle menée par les premiers penseurs, ainsi que des images fournies par la tradition poétique. Après avoir replacé la notion de vie au sein de son contexte historico-culturel et linguistique, on entame l’étude de la pensée aristotélicienne sur la vie. L’interrogation de départ tient au fait de déterminer si la notion de «vie» chez Aristote passe nécessairement et uniquement par l’étude des êtres vivants et de l’âme, ou si elle dépasse la finalité biologique pour embrasser autres domaines de sa philosophie. Cette partie vise une approche intégrationniste et dynamique de la vie à l’intérieur de la pensée aristotélicienne. La reconstitution de la notion de vie chez Aristote amène à une réflexion sur son lien avec l’enquête naturelle menée par les premiers penseurs. En dernier ressort, l’hétérogénéité de cette étude permet de voir de quelle façon Aristote, certes pionnier dans les recherches sur la vie, conserve pourtant toujours une structure de pensée propre à la Grèce antique : Aristote élabore sa pensée à partir et à l’intérieur de son temps et de la tradition qui lui précède. / The reconstitution of the notion of life within the ancient philosophy is the principal idea of the present study. The aim is to re-establish the conception of this notion within the Greek language and culture, especially within the knowledge of early philosophers and the philosophy of Aristotle. The arrangement of this contribution is based on the meaning and relation of the words βίος and ζωή, two fundamental terms, exclusive to the Greek language. The first part of the study shed new light on the formal constitution and «original» meaning of these words. In particular the linguistic and cultural factors which converge in their formation and evolution are investigated in detail. The reconstruction of the historical and linguistic context of the words βίος and ζωή gives rise to the second part of the study by the means of reconstructing the notion of life within the poetical tradition and investigation of nature, conducted by the early philosophers. The third part of the study approaches the notion of life in the philosophy of Aristotle from the principle question at issue: whether the idea of life is reduced to the investigation of living organisms and his theory of soul or if it exceeds the biologic purpose to encompass other categories of his philosophy. This analysis of the notion of life within the philosophy of Aristotle is conducted by an integrating and dynamic perspective. The reconstitution of the notion of life in the work of Aristotle leads to a reflection about the closeness of his ideas to anterior investigations of natural objects and processes done by the early philosophers. Apart from being a pioneer in the investigation of life, he is also tributary to a particular kind of thinking in ancient Greece. Aristotle’s way of thinking, although far-reaching, is based within his period and preceding traditions

[pt] A presente dissertação trata do conceito de ironia socrático-platônica, com ênfase em excertos nos quais encontram-se registros textuais de eíron e derivados, que possam ser compreendidos como ocorrências irônicas do Sócrates de Platão. O problema é que a palavra (eironeía), no dialeto ático, geralmente, tinha a semântica negativa da dissimulação. Contudo, a origem ambígua do termo também abrangia a ideia de questionamento. Dentre os mais proeminentes autores da antiguidade grega, Platão foi o que mais fez uso de eironeía e congêneres, na maioria das vezes, em contextos nos quais aparece Sócrates, agindo com seu hábito tão peculiar de questionar seus interlocutores. No decurso do tempo, essa correlação entre o termo antigo e o paradoxo filosófico da negação de conhecimento intitulou-se de ironia socrática. As correntes interpretativas dividiram-se, basicamente, entre uma proposta de leitura negativa e a outra positiva para esse evento. Portanto, nesta dissertação, o primeiro e principal objetivo é escrutinar a relevância da eironeía/ironia socrática, a partir da verificação do corpus platonicum. Então, encontram-se os oitos diálogos que contêm instâncias do termo, subdividindo-os entre aqueles em que (1) a eironeía não está diretamente relacionada a Sócrates, a saber, Eutidemo, Crátilo, Sofista e Leis, e os outros nos quais (2) a eironeía está diretamente relacionada ao protagonista platônico, i.e., Apologia, Górgias, Banquete e República. Para tal, organizam-se alguns critérios básicos que auxiliam na delimitação e identificação dos eventos irônicos, a fim de extrair conclusões mais coerentes quanto à natureza e os propósitos da eironeía/ironia socrática. Além disso, esta dissertação tem como segundo objetivo a interpretação da mais pregnante estratégia literária de Platão, a saber, o famoso anonimato, ou ocultação da voz autoral, como uma espécie de dissimulação inerente à eironeía. Então, almeja-se analisar o potencial retórico e epistemológico desse recurso, em seus dois aspectos: o método socrático e a estratégia literária platônica. Contudo, apesar dos desafios hermenêuticos e a polêmica que divide a vasta fortuna crítica a respeito do assunto, o terceiro objetivo desta dissertação é a aproximação de interpretações positivas do termo ou, ao menos, interpretações que o vejam como relevante à prática filosófica. Assim, revisitam-se os clássicos para se pensar a atualidade. Afinal, acredita-se que, quando Platão emprega a eironeía/ironia socrática, o efeito disso é o estímulo à reflexão sobre as virtudes e a verdade dos variados temas encontrados nos diálogos. / [en] This thesis deals with the concept of Socratic-Platonic irony, with emphasis on excerpts in which textual scripts of (eiron) and derivatives are found, which can be understood as ironic occurrences of Plato s Socrates. The problem is that the word (eironeia), in the Attic dialect, generally had the negative semantics of dissembling. However, the ambiguous origin of the term also embraced the idea of questioning. Among the most prominent authors of Greek antiquity, Plato made the most use of eironeia and cognates, most of the time, in contexts where Socrates appears, acting with his very peculiar habit of questioning his interlocutors. Throughout the time, this correlation between the ancient term and the philosophical paradox of the disavowal of knowledge was called Socratic irony. The interpretative currents were divided, basically, between a negative and a positive reading proposal for this event. Therefore, in this thesis, the first and main goal is to scrutinize the relevance of Socratic eironeia/irony, by the verification of the corpus platonicum. Then, we find the eight dialogues that contain instances of the term, subdividing them into those in which (1) the eironeia is not directly related to Socrates, namely, Euthydemus, Cratylus, Sophist and Laws, and others in which (2) the eironeia is directly related to the Platonic protagonist, i.e., Apology, Gorgias, Symposium and Republic. To this end, some basic criteria are organized to help in the delimitation and identification of ironic events, in order to draw more coherent conclusions, regarding the nature and purposes of Socratic eironeia/irony. Furthermore, this thesis has as its second goal the interpretation of Plato s most pregnant literary strategy, namely, the famous anonymity, or concealment of the authorial voice, as a kind of dissimulation, inherent to eironeia. So, we aim to analyze the rhetorical and epistemological potential of this resource, in its two aspects: the Socratic method and the Platonic literary strategy. However, despite the hermeneutical challenges and the controversy that divides the vast critical fortune on the subject, the third goal of this thesis is the approach of positive interpretations or, at least, those which see it as relevant to philosophical practice. Thus, the classics are revisited to think about the present. After all, it is believed that, when Plato employs the Socratic eironeia/irony, the effect of this is the stimulus to reflection on the virtues and on the truth of the various themes found in the dialogues.

本論文以行動研究方式，探討一所台灣雙語學校英語為外語(EFL)學生，在接受為期四十週的英語文學課程期間，哪些教學策略最能激發其做批判思考。研究的對象為二十一位七年級的學生，按其CEF語言分級結果，九位為中高級程度，十二位為中級。除探討教學策略的成效，亦分析這些策略對於兩組英語程度和學習背景(有雙語教育背景及無雙語教育背景)相異的學生分別所產生的作用。透過行動研究的步驟―亦為開發、實施、檢討、修正―以及五階段的學生學習成果分析，教師—研究者不斷調整其教學策略來回應學生學習上的需求。 本論文所探討之研究問題為三：(一)哪些文學課程的教學策略最能激發所有研究對象做批判思考？(二)根據問題一，有雙語教育背景及無雙語教育背景的研究對象分別受哪一教學策略刺激最多？ (三)透過文學教學，兩組研究對象分別在哪些批判思考項目表現最有進步空間？ 教師—研究者以Ennis的批判思考評分表為基礎做修正，並以此評分表比較分析實驗對象之前測、學習單、與批判思考紙筆回應。根據資料與教師實際觀察，鷹架理論、蘇格拉底式提問法、舉證、自身實例、創意思考與溝通式教學最能激發學生產生批判思考，而所有研究對象無論其語言程度或學習背景如何，皆能表現出批判思考的技能。不過，就情意上，中高級有雙語教育背景的學生較習慣於開放性的思辯與討論過程，而中級無雙語教育背景的學生則因自身的語言及西方文化認識的限制而需要適應與協助。 / This study had been conducted in a seventh-grade bilingual classroom of nine high-intermediate and twelve intermediate English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students over forty weeks in Taiwan. The aim of the study was to seek strategies that would best help stimulate students’ critical thinking (CT) skills through the teaching of literature, and how those strategies affected the learning results of the two groups of participants with different language proficiency levels and prior education experiences (EFL bilingual context vs. EFL non-bilingual context). The teacher-researcher had adopted the developing, implementing, reflecting, and modifying steps of an action-research framework, and through analyzing students’ learning results in the 5 reflecting Stages, modified tasks and pedagogies were implemented right away to address students’ learning needs. Three questions anticipated responses from the study, which were: “What teaching strategies can stimulate all the participants’ critical thinking skills through literature?”, “Based on Question 1, which strategy is the most CT-stimulating for the bilingual group and which for the non-bilingual group?” and “Through literature study, which CT skills are the most-improved for the bilingual and the non-bilingual group?” In answering the questions, students’ pretest, weekly worksheets, and CT written responses were evaluated against the teacher-researcher’s self-created CT rubric adapted from Ennis’ version in every Stage for further lesson modification. Based on these data, 6 teaching strategies were proved to be CT-stimulating, which were: scaffolding, Socratic Questioning, evidence of proof, making personal connections, thinking outside the box, and adopting the Communicative Approach. All the participants were able to perform an amount of CT skills regardless of their language proficiency levels or learning backgrounds; however, in terms of CT dispositions, the high-intermediate bilingual participants feel more comfortable expressing their ideas openly, and the intermediate non-bilingual ones were influenced by their own linguistic and cultural limitations.

Plato’s Socrates is famous for claiming that “I know one thing: That I know nothing” (see e.g. Ap. 21d and Meno 81d). There is one subject that Socrates repeatedly claims to have expertise in, however: ta erôtika (see e.g. Symp. 198d1). Socrates also refers to this expertise as his erôtikê technê (Phdr. 257a7–8), which may be translated as “erotic expertise”. In this dissertation, I investigate Socrates’ erotic expertise: what kind of expertise is it, what is it constituted by, where is it put into practice, and how is it practiced? I argue that the purposes this expertise serve are, to a significant extent, educational in nature. After first having clarified the dissertation’s topic and aim, as well as my methodological approach, I present an initial account of erôs and Socrates’ erotic expertise. While discussing what constitutes Socrates’ erotic expertise, I account for two erotic educational methods: midwifery and matchmaking. I further argue that these methods tend to be accompanied by two psychological techniques, namely charming and shaming. I argue that these methods and techniques are systematically applied by Socrates when he puts his erotic expertise into practice. In the dissertation, three dialogues where Socrates practices his erotic expertise are scrutinized: Lysis, Charmides, and Alcibiades I. I focus on Socrates’ encounters with the eponymous youths of the dialogues, and each dialogue is devoted a chapter of its own. I show how these dialogues are erotically charged, and also how Socrates in these dialogues demonstrates his erotic expertise. I argue that Socrates’ expertise on erôs plays an essential role in his attempts to engage the three youths in the processes of self-cultivation, learning, and the very practice of philosophy. In the final chapter of the dissertation I turn to some questions that arise in light of my readings, and summarize the results of my investigation.

Delivered through the medium of a Community of Philosophical Inquiry, this thesis outlines the experience of engaging prisoners in philosophical conversation, thereby articulat-ing the relevance of this type of education for those in long-term confinement. The research, which took place in two prisons, explores the role of prison education, community dialogue and active philosophising in encouraging personal development. With similar populations but contrasting characters, HMPs Grendon and Full Sutton provided the backdrop to grounded, ethnographically-led research. The research design reflects the exploratory nature of the approach. Derek Layder’s adaptive theory has provided a methodological framework, whilst the theoretical framework draws on desistance literature, prison sociology, and philosophical pedagogy to enhance and develop understanding of the emergent themes. However, as a criminological piece of research, it sits within the criminological, and more specifically, prison sociological paradigm. The thesis culminates in a discussion of personal development that articulates the role of education in developing growth identities among prisoner-participants. The research de-scribes the role of philosophical dialogue in developing trust and relationships between and among the participants; the relevance of this type of education to prisoners’ psychological wellbeing; and the significance of the subject-matter to participants’ perspectives. The thesis argues that prison promotes the formation of a hyper-masculine ‘survival’ identity. It goes on to argue that education, and more specifically philosophy education, can play a role in culti-vating growth identities that encourage personal exploration, self-reflection, and development of new interests and skills among prisoners.

A presente dissertação de mestrado tem por objetivo estudar os fundamentos da comunidade política (polis), em especial, de que modo fundamentos, como a liberdade e a igualdade, contribuem para perturbação e conservação da comunidade política, a partir do livro I e II da Política de Aristóteles. A pesquisa busca mostrar o papel relevante da crítica que Aristóteles lança à aquisição ilimitada de bens e da crítica à propriedade comum dos bens, proposta por Sócrates, na República - i.e. tal como Aristóteles compreende Sócrates - para sua visão de unidade política. / This thesis aims to study, based on Books I and II of Aristotle\'s Politics, the foundations of the political community (polis), in particular, how core principles such as freedom and equality contribute to the disturbance or to the conservation of the political community. This research intends to present the important role of both Aristotle\'s critique addressed to the limitless accumulation of wealth, and his critique of the common ownership of properties--proposed by Socrates in the Republic - i.e. as Aristotle understands Socrates--to constitute his vision of political unity.

O número de mensagens nos fóruns educativos online gera uma sobrecarga de informação, que dificulta a organização e a comunicação entre os membros, comprometendo, também, a eficácia do processo de avaliação da aprendizagem. Diante da necessidade de uma solução metodológica para o contexto da EAD no Brasil, realizou-se uma revisão de literatura sobre os modelos de organização e o processo de análise das mensagens que envolvem os indicadores das habilidades da presença cognitiva (Garrison et al. 2001) e o pensamento crítico e a dinâmica do questionamento socrático (Paul, 1993). Propõe-se um novo modelo de fórum intitulado \"Fórum Socrático Cognitivo- FSC\" com uma metodologia de avaliação da presença cognitiva e dos níveis de pensamento crítico dos alunos em cursos superiores online. Os procedimentos metodológicos e o grid de avaliação foram aplicados em duas disciplinas do curso de aperfeiçoamento em EAD em 2011, 2012 e 2013 de uma instituição de ensino superior vinculada a UAB do Brasil. A metodologia adotada envolve os princípios da lexicometria, da análise documentária, textuais e estatísticas, modelos de regressão linear e redes complexas. Realizou-se a análise de 3.400 mensagens postadas por 544 alunos para verificar as relações de dependência entre a variável resposta \"nota\" e as covariáveis: conceitos, categorias de Garrison, tópicos socráticos, riqueza vocabular e sala (tutor). Construíram-se 2 modelos de regressão linear e 136 redes complexas que permitiram confirmar os testes ANOVA utilizados na avaliação de desempenho dos alunos. As covariáveis conceitos, categorias de Garrison e sala apresentaram nível de significância positivo na associação com a nota final do aluno. Considera-se que o modelo FSC contribui para o desenvolvimento das habilidades de expressão e comunicação de conceitos abordados na disciplina e colabora na avaliação do pensamento crítico e da presença cognitiva do aluno nos fóruns online. / The usually large number of posts in educational forums leads to an information overload, which hinders forum organization and communication among members while undermining the effectiveness of learning assessment. Considering the need for a methodological solution applicable to the context of Brazil\'s online distance learning (ODL), there was conducted a review of the literature on organizational models and processes of analysis of messages involving indicators of critical thinking and cognitive presence skills (Garrison et al., 2001) and the Socratic inquiry dynamics (Paul, 1993). This study proposes a new forum model entitled FSC (Cognitive Socratic Forum), which comprises a method for assessing students\' cognitive presence and critical thinking skills in online higher education. The methodological procedures and evaluation grid were applied to two specialization courses on ODL in 2011, 2012, and 2013 at a higher education institution associated with UAB (Brazil\'s Open University). The methodology involved principles of lexicometry, documentary, textual and statistical analysis, linear regression models, and complex networks. Analysis was conducted on 3,400 messages posted by 544 students to investigate dependency relationships between the response variable \'grade\' and the following co-variables: concepts, Garrison\'s categories, Socratic topics, vocabulary richness, and classroom (tutor). Two linear regression models and 136 complex networks were constructed to enable confirmation of ANOVA tests employed to assess student performance in forums. The co-variables concepts, Garrison\'s categories, and classroom displayed positive significance levels when associated to students\' final grades. Therefore, it may be concluded that the proposed FSC model promoted students\' ability to express and communicate the concepts covered in the specialization course and contributed to effectively assessing their cognitive presence and critical thinking skills in online forums.

Symphony of the spheres in change? Learning in environment for sustainable development in primary school with a scientific and longitudinal approach. This research deals with learning in science, including learning in environment for sustainable development. Learning in environment and sustainable development are obligatory perspectives in science as well as in other school subjects. The longitudinal study started in 2003, concerning 28 pupils nine years of age in a city in southern Sweden. Data collection has been caught in the pupils’ science lessons from year 2003 to 2006. In order to analyse the pupils’ development of concepts in science and in environment for sustainable development, I have videotaped a lot of sequences from the science lessons and followed up with questionnaires and questions in interviews. Stimulated recall is used to find the teacher’s intentions and reactions on the outcome of the lessons. The results are analysed according to the Earth System Science (ESS) model. It is a model, which describes the relations and interactions between the natural spheres: the atmosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere as well as the biosphere, including man, and the technosphere/anthroposphere. The longitudinal approach resulted in important findings regarding the changes in the pupils’ answers over time. They develop complicated 'concept webs'. The concepts found among the pupils in this study are e.g. the hydrological cycle; life; soil; water in every day life; pollution; non-polluting busses as well as waste; collecting batteries; corrosion; greenhouse and the increasing greenhouse effect. Some concepts e.g. the hydrological cycle, life and soil can from the beginning be classified as concepts used in science, but also to describe what happens in the environment. Concepts as pollution; non-polluting busses; collecting batteries; corrosion; greenhouse and increasing greenhouse effect are used by the pupils to express relations and interactions in and between the natural spheres including man. The relation between man and nature is for the pupils an area of conflicts through the entire study when the pupils from a scientific approach will be aware of the impact on living ecosystems including themselves, today and in the future. The concepts are often connected to each other in a more or less complicated network, 'concepts webs'. The obtained results indicate that the Socratic dialogue is a possible and successful method to use for the development of pupils’ concepts in environmental questions and issues. Another finding in the study is how different methods, e.g. Play and learning, support environmental learning and learning for sustainable development during the science lessons. Play is important in integrated learning and gives opportunity to understand others’ perspectives, Theory of mind. The results indicate an integrated learning process by the pupils, implying in what way they express human impact on nature.