Formação continuada dos docentes da rede federal de educação profissional e tecnológica: como entendem e como a fazem?

Abstract

This paper discusses the continuing education of teachers of Technical and Technological Education (TTE), by means of an empirical research carried out with professors from Porto Nacional Campus of the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Tocantins (IFTO). The present research was justified on the need for continuous reflection on teacher education, not only in its theoretical conception, but also, in practical terms. The objective of this research was to analyze the understanding that teachers of TTE have regarding the process of continuous formation, including the ways in which they experience this process. The elaboration of this objective started from the following research problem: what do TTE teachers understand by continuing education and how do they do it? Therefore, a field research and a documentary analysis were carried out, using the qualitative approach, with 31 teachers who were stationed at Porto Nacional Campus between November 2018 and February 2019, for the collection of data. The theoretical construction of this dissertation was supported by several authors, such as Freire (1983, 1987, 1996); Kuenzer (1995, 1999, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2014); Grabowski (2014); Machado (2008, 2011); Moura (2007, 2008, 2014); Imbernón (2010a, 2010b); Nóvoa (2013, 2017); Gadotti (2003); Garcia (1999); Fonseca (1961); Peixoto (2007, 2012, 2015); Saviani (2003, 2009), among others. From the research data, it was decided to build a blog as an educational product, a requirement of professional master's courses in the teaching field. The blog (access in: https://eptempauta.wixsite.com/website), as well as being a space for publication and discussion of content aimed at the training of the EPT teacher, is also intended to be an incentive for TTE teachers to construct environments similar to this, aiming at their use in the teaching-learning process. As a result, the research showed that EPT teachers understand continuing education as a process that involves updating, improving, that is, a process of changes in pedagogical theory and practice. There are several ways in which these teachers experience continuing education: participation in courses and events, especially postgraduate courses, and by the sharing of knowledge with their peers. However, some situations have been identified as barriers to continuing teacher education in TTE, such as financial costs and management problems on the part of the institution (campus/rectory). In this sense, the educational product was developed (blog) with the intention of helping in some way the continuous formation of the teachers of the TTE.