Concepciones de futuros profesores de biología, brasileros y portugueses sobre valores eticos de la ciencia

One of the science education objective, based on relationships between science, technology, society and environment (STSE) is, to form citizens capable on evaluating and taking decisions about the scientific advances impact on society and environment. In a two-way perspective, understand relationships between STSE, provides a vision of science as a human construction and therefore fallible, changeable and not neutral. In this study, we present some results from a comparative study on the influence of ethical conceptions of the nature of science, in two groups of future biology teachers, one from Brazil and, another one from Portugal. For data collection we constructed an attitude scale of Likert-type, which was validated mathematically and semantically. Results shows strong influence of social values, as in transgenic products, where the students’ ideas varied according to the ethical discussions more present in each country.

La cuestión sociocientífica del Diagnóstico preimplantación genética (DPG) como posibilidad para una comprensión social de la ciencia por parte de futuros profesores

El presente trabajo hace parte de una investigación más amplia y para efectos de este artículo se consideró la pregunta problema ¿Cuáles comprensiones sobre ciencia se van construyendo por parte de los licenciandos al abordar la polémica del Diagnóstico preimplantación genética (DPG)? Y como objetivo se planteó analizar dichas comprensiones en la perspectiva de la formación de profesores. El grupo participante correspondió a 14 estudiantes de licenciatura de una universidad colombiana que participaron de un seminario sobre la polémica del DPG, a través de lecturas de noticias de periódicos nacionales, presentaciones y debates. Algunos resultados indican comprensiones tales como la relación del desarrollo científico con aspectos éticos y la comprensión sobre la ciencia como factor de poder; las cuales posibilitan mayor entendimiento de la NdC con aspectos políticos y éticos necesarios para pensar la formación de profesores.

Physics teachers initial education and professional performance: what do future teachers have to say?

This research deals with the discussion about Physics teachers’ undergraduate education and professional performance related to the knowledge acquired during this initial education. More specifically, we try to answer questions like: How do future teachers evaluate the knowledge acquired during their initial education as in terms of specific knowledge as pedagogical knowledge? What are their formative needs and future expectatives about professional performance and the school teaching environment? Data was constituted from a sample of 26 future high school physics teachers, one semester long, that were taking the supervised curricular training in a undergraduate Physics education program (called Licenciatura in Brazil), in São Paulo State public university. Besides the final report of this training, future teachers were asked to answer a questionnaire aiming to take their conceptions about their initial education program, their formative needs, future professional expectatives and high school teaching environment. According to the future teachers, the program they were about to finish was satisfactory in terms of Physics specific contents; however, about the pedagogical content knowledge and the pedagogical practice, they showed to be unsatisfied and insecure. The majority of the questionnaire responses demonstrated that they feel lack of teaching experience. Moreover, teachers emphasize other factors related to the future professional performance: possible difficulties to deal with students’ indiscipline, schools’ bad physical structure, limited number of Physics classes in high school level, lack of didactical laboratories and also they seem to be frightened that the expertise teachers do not be collaborative with the new ones. In this sense, the research outcomes shows the necessity of discussions about questions involving teachers knowledge, related to either, the Physics conceptual domain and the pedagogical one, since it matters directly to future teachers professional performance. Discussions in this sense can also help evaluation and restructuration of programs designed to initial and continuous teachers’ education.

Aquecimento e Desaquecimento Vocal em Estudantes de Pedagogia

Introduction: the voice is one of the main features of interaction between teacher and student. As teachers, future teachers are also risk population for the development of dysphonia and may be subject to protective intervention. Purpose: to evaluate the effect of a vocal warm-up and cool-down procedure at Pedagogy students. Method: A quasi-experimental study, pre-posttest without a control group, with fourteen Pedagogy students at a public university, participants of a short course. The analysis was performed by a self-assessment visual analogue scale of 10 cm, considering aspects related to the body and voice. The protocol was implemented in three steps: pre-test, post warm-up and post cool-down, and it was calculated the averages of the variables of discomfort and compared the measurements before and after performing each procedure. It was used the the Wilcoxon signed-rank statiscal test, adopting a significance level of 5%. Results: there was less discomfort with statistical significance after the vocal warm-up (p=0.002) and cool-down (p=0.001), with greater magnitude in both aspects related to voice. Conclusions: The vocal warm-up and cool-down have positive effects on the perception of students and should be taught to future teachers in order to prevent vocal disorders. The vocal cool-down, poorly researched, should not be passed over vocal health practices since its purpose showed obvious improvement in the investigated group.

Professora em formação: uma experiência no contexto de um projeto social

Este trabajo tiene como objetivo socializar mi experiencia como profesora en el contexto de un proyecto social situado en una ciudad del interior de São Paulo. A principios de 2010, fui contratado para realizar una residencia no obligatoria junto a un grupo de alumnos de edades comprendidas entre los nueve y diez años, por la tarde, todos los días de la semana. A través de un enfoque cualitativo, siguiendo la metodología de la investigación autobiográfica, pretendo narrar mi proceso de formación como maestra en el contexto de una institución de educación no formal. En este sentido, la investigación tiene como objetivo discutir los conceptos de educación no formal y formal, en la búsqueda por comprender las especificidades de las mismas como de sus implicaciones para pensar en la formación de los futuros profesores. Por lo tanto, para la investigación, consideré como datos: mis registros elaborados durante el año 2010, los documentos del proyecto social y su Proyecto Político- Pedagógico, mis planificaciones semanales acerca de las reuniones mantenidas con los estudiantes y el Proyecto Político-Pedagógico del curso de Pedagogía de la UNESP, Río Claro. Este último ofrecerá subsidios para discutir cuál es la contribución del curso en cuestión para el trabajo del pedagogo en los espacios educativos no formal (currículo, las prácticas pedagógicas, la inclusión en los proyectos sociales, etc.) Creo que la investigación puede ayudar a pensar en la formación de un profesional que tenga posibilidades de inserirse tanto en la educación formal como no formal

Estágio extracurricular como um possível espaço de formação do professor para uso de tecnologias

We present herein an experience report, followed by the analysis of some of its aspects. We discuss teacher’s education for the integration of Digital Technologies for Information and Communication (DTIC) in the teaching-learning process in public schools, based on actual practices experienced in extension projects developed at the Sao Paulo State University (UNESP). We aimed at providing a reflection on possible means for training of initial teachers in Basic Education for the use of technology, by assuming that it represents unique opportunity to investigate the process of learning the teaching process. The relevance of this discussion is not only to consider that teachers are essential for any novelty expected in education, but also as a reflection on the knowledge that teachers and initial teachers should have and need to overcome an old technology-mediated education.

Collaborative language learning in Teletandem: a resource for pre-service teacher education

This article presents some of the results of a qualitative research project about the influences of the pedagogic strategies used by a mediator (graduate student in applied linguistics) in the supervision process of a Teletandem partner (undergraduate student in languages) on her pedagogical practice. It was done within the project Teletandem Brazil: foreign language for all. Based on the reflective teaching paradigm and collaborative language learning, with special emphasis on tandem learning, we analyzed the contributions of the collaborative relationship established between the graduate student and the student-teacher in her first teaching experience. The results bring about implications for the field of language teacher education in a perspective of education within practice, evidencing the experience of collaborative learning in teletandem as an opportunity for reflective teacher education of pre-service teachers.

A lexicografia pedagógica na formação de professores de espanhol como língua estrangeira: um olhar sobre o uso do dicionário na sala de aula

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Future Brazilian teachers imaginaries about physics teaching in adults education

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)