Abstract

BEJARANO, Nelson Rui Ribas  and  CARVALHO, Anna Maria Pessoa de. Tornando-se professor de ciências: crenças e conflitos. Ciência educ. [online]. 2003, vol.09, n.01, pp.01-15. ISSN 1516-7313.

The present study is a qualitative research of one case study kind that followed the route of one High- School Physics teacher who was starting her teaching career in 1998, but was still finishing her course on initial formation of Physics teachers. We have used the Practice of Physics Teaching I and II disciplines of the initial formation course as a background, so we could approach the educational beliefs of our research subject. To follow this teacher we have utilized the new teachers professional development concept. This concept involves detection, evolution and conflict solving, and professionals concerns inherent to teachers development. The data available to us, which we analyzed in order to understand the developing routes of this teacher was their own written materials, two sets of interviews in different periods, and the recording of images of the school year’s second semester at the University where the formation discipline that we followed took place. Through interpreting the analyses originated from the qualitative method we tried to establish a professional development route for this teacher, trying to contribute for a better understanding of the problems resulting from this transition stage from being a student of the initial formation and at the same time, experiencing already the professional conflicts and concerns. The initial formation program evaluated in this study was the undergraduate course in Physics of the Faculdade de Educação - Universidade de São Paulo. The results showed that the three studied teachers dealt with her conflicts and professional concerns, utilizing particular strategies that derived from the histories of her life, the way she opts for her career, and especially for her pre-existent educational beliefs.

Keywords : Preservice Program; Physics Teaching; Concerns; Conflicts; Beliefs; Teachers Professional Development.

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