AMARAL, Virgilio. Escola e representações sociais da inteligência . []. , 17, 1, pp.117-120. ISSN 0870-8231.

In this article, the author proceed to a review of researches on social common sense theories about intelligence - a number of them with reference to the social representations theory - and its articulations with school dynamics. The researches are analysed following the sociogenetic and the ontogenetic dimensions of the common sense theories about intelligence. Finally, the theory of the personal conceptions of intelligence, developed by Carol Dweck, it is also analysed, and some conclusions of a interesting portuguese research, articulating ontogenetic and sociogenetic factors of this kind of lay theories, are refereed.

: School; intelligence; social representations.

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