Formação inicial nos cursos de pedagogia de universidades públicas da zona da mata mineira e da região metropolitana de Belo Horizonte

Abstract

The pedagogue education is a topic that appears in educational debates today due to the various functions that this professional can assume after their initial education. However, the courses may not provide subjects that discuss all qualifications, thus, Pedagogy education is only in being a teacher and, consequently, does not allow the pedagogue to work in other spaces. It is with this thought that a real mistake is found, because Pedagogy goes far beyond that, being the science that deals with Education and studies problems related to development as a whole. Thus, it is necessary that students have knowledge of the different areas of activity existing in Pedagogy, which transcend school environments. It is possible to work as a pedagogue in hospitals, companies, penitentiaries, educational consultancy, production and review of teaching materials, in Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and youth service centers in compliance with socio-educational measures. This Course Completion Work aims to analyze the initial education in Pedagogy courses at public universities in the Zona da Mata Mineira and the Metropolitan Region of Belo Horizonte. To this end, a qualitative research was developed with a document analysis approach, as the curricula of these Universities were analyzed. A survey was carried out of all public universities in Minas Gerais that offer the Pedagogy course, but as there were many, it was decided to focus only on Zona da Mata Mineira and the Metropolitan Region of Belo Horizonte, which have the course in the in person. The analysis had some obstacles such as the lack of the Pedagogical Project of the Course (PPC) of the Federal University of Juiz de Fora and the Federal University of Minas Gerais. The results achieved in this research were not as expected, given that only two of the seven universities analyzed present the preparation of future professionals to work in different environments that not only the school, which leads to the question whether Pedagogy is limited to teaching, thus contradicting the theoretical references discussed