Abstract

BERNADO, Elisangela da Silva  and  VASCONCELLOS, Katia Regina Teixeira. CONTINUING EDUCATION IN A FULL-TIME SCHOOL: NOTES ON A CASE STUDY. Contrapontos [online]. 2017, vol.17, n.4, pp.744-760. ISSN 1984-7114.  https://doi.org/10.14210/contrapontos.v17n4.p744-760.

The article reflects on the training of teachers working in a school that provides full-time education for the first five years of primary school, and on whether such training is sufficient to provide teachers with a more complete training with their participation in courses, lectures and training meetings, and continuing training in service. Thus, we offer some reflections on how these professionals perceive changes in their pedagogical practice. The main issue highlighted is: how does the continuing education offered by the municipal education system change (or not) the teacher's practice? Nineteen teachers at a municipal school, located in the city of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, participated in this qualitative study. With regard to the research tools for gathering information, we used questionnaires with closed and open questions and semi-structured interviews, as well as observation of spaces (school and Municipal Education Foundation), in an attempt to make links between the policy and the practice of teaching training, proposing a theoretical reflection and prioritizing a qualitative analysis. Almost all the participants reported that their initial training was insufficient to perform their function. Here we notice the need for exchanges and formative spaces that will strengthen teachers, valuing their knowledge developed through their daily practices.

Keywords : Teacher Training; Continuing education; Full-time education.

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