A didática como campo teórico-prático: percepções de pedagogos em formação e em atuação

Abstract

This thesis has the objective to investigate the contributions of Didactics as a theoretical and practical field, based on the perceptions of teachers in training and at work, starting from the premise that it is an important discipline for teacher training, but that in order to do justice to its role, one should look at the school-ground, linking theory and practice. With this in mind, we carried out a qualitative study based on the epistemology of practice (Tardif, 2007), with praxis was the central category. The literature that conceptually grounded this research lies in the study of theoretical references in the study of pedagogy and Didactics, such as Candau (2001, 2004, 2007), Franco and Pimenta (2012), Libâneo (1992, 1993, 2003 2011, 2012a, 2012b), Pimenta (2008, 2011), Veiga (1992, 2006, 2007, 2012), among others. The results collected from 24 teachers in training, through the interpretation of their responses to a questionnaire, show that these subjects are curious to understand what Didactics really is. When encouraged to define it, they exposed a concept closely related to the learning of methods and teaching techniques, based on understanding of teaching as transmission of content, of which effectiveness would be ensured by Didactics. As for the teachers at work, we interviewed nine professionals working in public schools in the city of Fortaleza. The analysis provided testimony revealed that, despite all these subjects ensure that Didactics is a discipline of great importance to teacher training, less than half remembered the teacher with whom he/she had studied. Thus, it was observed that the design of the course is related to the realization that it can collaborate with the teaching - even if this has not happened to all investigated professionals - as well as the notion that this curriculum component alone does not account for all the obstacles faced during teaching. In addition, most of the educators identified Didactics as a fundamentally theoretical discipline, advocating that, to effectively contribute to teacher training, it needs to get closer to the reality experienced in schools, linking theory and practice. It was found that even the topics considered classics had not been studied by all professionals and that among the"new" topics, technology had not been discussed during the discipline. Interdisciplinarity was said to have been addressed very superficially, only linked to the National Curriculum Parameters. When suggesting themes to be covered in the course, the teachers argued that there should be more discussion about teacher-student, family-teacher and teacher-management relationship as well as the discussion about the use of technology in Education. Thus, when getting to know the perceptions of teachers in training and in action on Didactics and its contributions to Education, many possibilities and many mistakes of this curricular component are shown. We conclude with some recommendations, namely: 1) Greater link between theory and practice; 2) Greater proximity of the university with the school and with teachers at work; 3) Analysis of classical themes; and 4) Addressing current issues. All these indications emerging from this study are exposed with the intention of improving and strengthening this theoretical-practical field.