| Resumo: | The Project Work Methodology has been assumed by several authors – namely by John Dewey and William Killpatrick – sustained on Active Teaching, focusing on children and their interaction with their surroundings. This interaction is visible by the ability of the child to solve problems by getting in touch with the day-by-day experiences. This paper emerges from the reflection of an education professional who implemented the Project Methodology to a group of children in their pre-school age (4 years old) for a whole school year. With this, a work with pedagogical and informative purpose has been structure. It aims to realize the potential of this methodology in the acquisition of skills, focusing on Personal & Social Formation and on the World Knowledge. Assuming this interpretative paradigm sustained on Project Work Methodology, an action-investigation project has been developed. As participants, we have the pre-school group and their families, teaching and nonteaching personnel and the teacher/researcher. To achieve these goals, the data collection tools used were observation, a logbook checklist, questionnaires, informal conversations and documentary collection. The results shows the importance of the Project Work on the development of skills relative to age group in question (4years) with a higher incidence in the areas of Personal & Social Formation and World Knowledge, promoting a more meaningful learning experience. The same also highlighted the importance of the participation of the families in the learning process, thereby narrowing the school-family relationship. |