Abstract

ZANOTELLO, Marcelo  and  PIRES, Marcelo Oliveira da Costa. Discourses about the official curriculum adopted by the state of São Paulo in the context of a continuing education for physics' teachers. Ciência educ. [online]. 2016, vol.22, n.1, pp.43-63. ISSN 1980-850X.  https://doi.org/10.1590/1516-731320160010004.

In this article, we study discourses about the official curriculum adopted by state of Sao Paulo for the area of physics. We based it on Gimeno Sacristan's analysis about the curriculum and within the theoretical perspective of French Discourse Analysis. In this qualitative research official documents that make up the curriculum were analysed and the discourses of 23 physics teachers from state schools in the context of a continuing education program. Teachers' discourses show their actions on the prescribed curriculum, with direct consequences on their teaching practices. The program provided critical reflections about the difficulties of this group of teachers in their work in schools in relation to the curriculum that is presented to them. The analyzes indicate that a possibility to promote a significant continuing education for teachers is provided by conditions for the formation of pedagogical discourses that are less authoritarian and more controversial.

Keywords : Discourses; Curriculum; Teachers' continuing education; Physics teaching.

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