<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?><article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1519-3993</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista de Educação PUC-Campinas]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Educ. Puc.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1519-3993</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação da Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S1519-39932013000100002</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="pt"><![CDATA[Representações sobre a atuação docente na educação infantil]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Aragão]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Milena]]></given-names>
</name>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Kreutz]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Lúcio]]></given-names>
</name>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="A02">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidade Federal de Sergipe  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="A02">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidade de Caxias do Sul  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2013</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2013</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>18</volume>
<numero>01</numero>
<fpage>09</fpage>
<lpage>18</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://educa.fcc.org.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1519-39932013000100002&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://educa.fcc.org.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1519-39932013000100002&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://educa.fcc.org.br/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1519-39932013000100002&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="pt"><p><![CDATA[O presente texto busca investigar as representações de professoras da Educação Infantil a respeito de sua função. Para atingir o objetivo proposto, foi realizado um grupo de discussão com seis professoras de Educação Infantil, atuantes numa Escola Municipal da cidade de Caxias do Sul no estado do Rio Grande do Sul, em torno da questão: “O que é ser professora para você?”. As respostas foram problematizadas a partir de uma perspectiva histórico-cultural. Os resultados apontaram narrativas que associavam a função docente à vocação, ao dom e à maternidade, sendo o cuidado o ponto central de suas ações, com pouca valorização para a formação docente. Neste sentido, este estudo mostrou-se relevante por proporcionar uma reflexão crítica sobre a atuação e formação docente na Educação Infantil, questionando as naturalizações e denunciando contradições.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[The present research was developed in a Municipal School in Caxias do Sul in the state of Rio Grande do Sul with six female Early Childhood Education teachers with the purpose of investigating their beliefs about the teaching practice. To reach the objective, a group was formed to discuss the following question: “what does teaching mean to you?”. The replies were investigated from a historical and cultural perspective. The results showed that teaching is considered a vocation, a gift from God, but little appreciation is given to teacher training. Within this context, this paper is relevant because it provides a critical reflection about performance and teacher training in Early Childhood Education, as well as questioning the nature of teaching and exposing contradictions.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Educação Infantil]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Formação Docente]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[História da Educação]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Early Childhood Education]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Teacher Education]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[History of Education]]></kwd>
</kwd-group>
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</front><body><![CDATA[  <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <h2>Representa&ccedil;&otilde;es  sobre a atua&ccedil;&atilde;o docente na educa&ccedil;&atilde;o infantil.</h2> <h3>Beliefs about the practice of early childhood  education teachers.</h3>     <p>&nbsp;</p> <h4>Milena  Arag&atilde;o, L&uacute;cio Kreutz</h4> </font>      ]]></body><back>
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