Formação profissional e competências: um diálogo possível e necessário no trabalho docente

• Ano de defesa: 2011
• Autor(a) principal: Bandeira, Yonara Miranda
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Federal da Paraí­ba; BR; Psicologia Social; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psicologia Social; UFPB
• Palavras-chave em Português: Competência; Formação profissional; Trabalho docente; Competence; Professional training; Teaching work; CIENCIAS HUMANAS::PSICOLOGIA
• Link de acesso: https://repositorio.ufpb.br/jspui/handle/tede/6902

The main aim of this study was to identify competences and how they are mobilized by teachers in work situations. It started from a non-experimental design, which used a descriptive and exploratory technique of field research. Three techniques were used to collect data: (a) bio-socio-demographic questionnaire, (b) semi-structured interview and (c) participant observation. The research was made with 10 elementary school teachers from a public school at the city of João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil. Data constructed by the questionnaire were analyzed descriptively and allowed the questioning of various pieces of information from the interviews. These were analyzed by thematic content analysis and compared to participant observation data in order to confirm or not the speech of teachers and draw subsidies not accessed by interviews. In this study we took as the main reference the concept developed by Zarifian, who understands competence as the ability to take initiative and to be responsable for professional situations which a person faces, using a practical intelligence, which relies on acquired knowledge. In the discussion, competences were categorized into five dimensions: on processes, techniques, about the organization, social and for service. Despite the distinction made in the analysis, it can be said that the complementarity is the main characteristic of competence and, in most situations, they are mobilized simultaneously. Formal knowledge, previous work experience and exchange of experiences with peers were cited as major strategies for competences development. For the teachers, formal knowledge is useful for exchanging experience with other professionals, self-reflection and evaluation of teaching practice, as well as the acquisition of new knowledge. Continuing Education Courses offered by SEDEC were evaluated by teachers, who pointed out flaws related to the content, which is still insufficiently contextualized, sometimes theoretical and repetitive. It also showed the importance of professional experience in the development of competences, because the initial uncertainty before unforeseen events that occur at work were giving way to strategies for management and planning, while it allowed the creation of ways to do tricks and devices that facilitate the execution of the work. Reflecting on their daily practice, teachers revealed the need to master new techniques and methodologies, as well as using new technology - computer, Internet, educational programs in the classroom. Skills to deal with indiscipline also appear in the teachers discourse, always justified by the lack of limits and absence of parents. The crystallized scenario of Brazilian education, permeated by problems such as low wages, poor working conditions, multiplicity of tasks and responsibilities related to the students and to school management, inefficiency of public policies and especially, the devaluation and disqualification of teaching work prevents competences development and depreciates the quality of education.