O papel da formação continuada no desenvolvimento profissional de professores de ciências

• Ano de defesa: 2012
• Autor(a) principal: Morita, Eliana Midori
• Orientador(a): Placco, Vera Maria Nigro de Souza
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo
• Programa de Pós-Graduação: Programa de Estudos Pós-Graduados em Educação: Psicologia da Educação
• Departamento: Psicologia
• País: BR
• Palavras-chave em Português: Formação continuada; Desenvolvimento profissional; Ensino de ciências por investigação
• Palavras-chave em Inglês: Continuing education; Professional development; Inquiry-based teaching science
• Área do conhecimento CNPq: CNPQ::CIENCIAS HUMANAS::EDUCACAO::FUNDAMENTOS DA EDUCACAO::PSICOLOGIA EDUCACIONAL
• Link de acesso: https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/16034

The goal of this research was to investigate and analyze the process of continuing education referred to inquiry-based science research, of science teachers, to verify their potential to enhance teacher professional development and to search in which aspects these might occur. The Environmental Investigative Project, developed by the Training and Research Environmental Center (CEPEMA), of the University of São Paulo (USP) was developed for educational programs, aiming to prepare teachers to work with inquiry projects in science classrooms, focusing on environmental issues with their students. The subjects studied are regular science teachers of middle school of the municipal schools of cities near the coast of Sao Paulo. To collect data, two instruments were applied: group discussion and interviews. Document analysis was also performed on data collected by the teacher education program. This dissertation is based, on inquiry-based teaching, using the Inquiry and the National Science Education Standards: A Guide for Teaching and Learning, american National Research Council works, and Barab s researches (2001, 2002, 2003 were consulted). Regarding professional development and continuing education, this research is relied mainly on the works of Fundação Carlos Chagas reports, Nóvoa (2007, 2008, 2009), Roldão (1998, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009), Imbernón (2009, 2010), Shulman (2005) and Tardif (2008). The results show that the Environmental Investigate Project implemented in the schools by these teachers, helped their professional development, stimulated the need of continuous learning, investigating and reflection. It was also shown that it helped to work with strategies of reflection and research, such as written records, exchange of experiences, use of virtual tools and the research experience itself. It encouraged teachers not only to construct knowledge but also professional knowledge. In addition, it has made possible that this knowledge could be conveyed in a community of professionals. As a result, teachers believe they have understood the meaning of inquiry-based teaching science, while they also have been able to develop professionally themselves. Finally, this dissertation shows that it is possible to contribute to a continuing education program aiming teacher professional development, if the program itself is able to investigate and reflect on the training of the development of these teachers together with them