Formação continuada de professores na rede municipal de São Bernardo do Campo: experiências no contexto de duas pré-escolas

Abstract

This Dissertation analyzes the in service training process of early childhood education teachers, developed in the context of two public preschools at the municipality of São Bernardo do Campo, state of São Paulo. The research includes two dimensions: the first one focus the municipal system, exploring the structure set for the in service training programs; and the second one examines this process at two municipal preschools. The research followed a qualitative methodology; it collected and analysed the municipal legal and orientation documents and the written records about the training practices developed by the schools management teams (composed by one principal, one pedagogical adviser and one assistant teacher at each school). Nowadays, teacher s formation is a controversial field, where are reflected different ideas on models for people, school and society. The preschool teacher formation is part of this scene, defined, however, by its own specific features. The specific literature concerning the formation of early childhood education teachers has been asserting the knowledge built about childhood, as relevant in their training programs. . In this sense, this dissertation attributes centrality to this generational category, as a central aspect for the early childhood education teacher s formation. The research results reveal, at the municipal level, several contradictions and a lack of importance given to the early childhood education particularities; at the same time, results show that the municipal documents offer an important general structure for the training process developed at municipal schools. In the two preschools it was observed that conceptions about early childhood education and teacher formation followed more integrated and holistic perspectives, what can be explained by the professionals own formation experiences that showed influences from past external advisors. The research also registered a relative lack of initiative by the teachers at the in service formation programs, in comparison with the active leadership of the management team at each school