Escola como espaço de formação docente: um estudo de caso no Ceará, numa escola dita de aplicação.

Abstract

This research was purposed to investigate about the teaching practice at undergraduate courses of Universidade Estadual do Ceará – UECE, and how the application schools can influence the process of building reflective practice. The study aimed to: a) observe whether exists an incorporation of theories of reflective practice by teachers during the practice, b) investigate whether these theories have been acquired in their studies in the initial training, and obstacles that perhaps have not allowed the incorporation of reflective practice by the teachers, and c) examine whether the school while area of training provides teaching training reflective, thereby consolidating, practical training in their context. Case study with a qualitative approach was used. There are a lot of possibilities offered by this approach, among which, it highlights the enlargement of vision due to the experiences, the relationship with the researched context. Within this methodology, data collection from interview, observation and field diary were utilized. A brief historical reading about teaching training in Brazil was approached. In the next step, we discussed about conceptual contributions of Dewey, about Schön reflective teacher theory, and some comments about this theory that might be arisen. In addition, it was approached some questions about the school as formative area according on Alarcão and Canário. The obtained results indicated that: 1) the school while training area helps the initial teaching training, 2) teachers do not classify their practice as reflective, though incorporate this theory to their practice, and 3) It exists a Freirian culture in the school. Finally, we hope that this research can awaken new studies in the area, pointing out new ways and thus contribute significantly to education in Brazil.