Ortíz Escobar, Claudia PatriciaVergara Medina, Cruz Elena2011-05-312011-10-142011-05-312011-10-142011-05-31978-958-8406-12-1http://hdl.handle.net/10567/61Introduction. Relationships between adults and children are crossed by multiple constraints, among which there are, mainly, historical, social, economic, political, psychological and scientific circumstances. This, then, implies a new thinking about the concepts “childhood”, “infantile” and “child” under which pre-school professionals operate, because that conception of “child”, that construction of children as a study object constructed by pre-school teachers, and the way they have articulated the scientific and technical knowledge of this profession, will allow them a vision to comprehend and provide the answers given under intervention and pedagogic terms, addressed to the phenomena that involve childhood such as learning, socialization and subjectification, and to the contemporary symptoms such as depression and hyperactivity, among others. Objective. To analyze in the pedagogic speech of the pre school students from Corporación Universitaria Lasallista, who make their practical internship in the 8th, 9th and 10th semesters, how children are conceived as a subject. Material and method. A qualitative research work with a descriptive hermeneutic focus is made. As a methodological strategy the document review technique is used, complemented with a focus group analysis including a semi-structured interview. In the document review, the history of childhood proposed by Lloyd DeMause is approached, plus Sigmund Freud’s theory for the construction of the subject, repression, unconscious, infantile sexuality, instinct and child. As a documentary source, the revision of the field notes of the Corporación Universitaria Lasallista 8th, 9th and 10th semester’s student’s observers is also used. Results. The concept “child” constructed by pre-school students from Corporación Universitaria Lasallista is closer to a developmental position, and pedagogic intervention is articulated to this vision. The recognition of children as a subject is incipient, though some attempts to read causalities different from that proposed by organic and developmental perspectives (in behavors, drawings, games, learning and interaction problems, among others) could be found. Conclusion. There is a poor conception of children as a subject, and a developmental vision is mainly used.esNiños - EducaciónNiños - Aspectos socialesLicenciatura en PreescolarCorporación Universitaria LasallistaBook chapter