Concepções de licenciandos do curso de química da Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora e professores de química da educação básica sobre o estágio supervisionado

Abstract

The teaching education course of Chemistry, at Federal University of Juiz de Fora - UFJF - In Minas Gerais state, Brasil, had a curriculum framework known as "3+1" until the mid 2000s. In the first three years, students attended disciplines in the basic areas and, in the last year, they applied part of that knowledge on the internship, along with pedagogical disciplines, resulting in a technicist formation character, the model of which became known as Technical Rationality. Research on teaching education course presented countless criticisms to it. A new model that has been emphasized on this subject since the 1990s is that of Practical Rationality, in which the teacher is considered a self-employed person who reflects and takes decisions during his pedagogical activities in his classroom, the locus of application of scientific and pedagogical knowledge, space for reflection and creation and still scope for new creation and knowledge. So, taking into consideration that we currently have in the field of internship, the meeting between trained teachers in the previous model, and training undergraduates in the new model, we aim to identify the concepts about those frames and the development of the internship, in order to understand how their participation impacts in the initial and in the continued teachers training, as well as identify the needed changes in the internship. Seven undergraduates from the Chemistry course of UFJF who had undergone the curriculum internship between 2010 and 2011 participated in the research; six basic education teachers which received the undergraduates and the guiding teacher of the period mentioned above. The research was developed from a qualitative methodology and the construction of data was performed through Analysis of Content. According to the predominant conception between the teachers, the licencees and the guiding teacher the participation in those internship activities contributes to the initial and continued training education of all. However, they argue for a longer stay of the licencees in the field of internship and, mainly, a closer relationship between the basic school and the university, which fosters joint work among teachers of basic education and the guiding teacher. We argue that such approach should be promoted through the establishment of collaborative partnerships between the university and the school, emerging theme in many responses. We have found that the coexistence between teachers and the licencees does not fully contribute to the their professional development, with the possible consequences that future teachers cannot come to fully act as co-trainers, since they have not experienced that reality. Finally, we hope these findings subsidize actions aimed at the improvement and enhancement of the intership activities.