Formative pathways in early childhood education:

What do teachers tell us?

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7213/1981-416X.23.076.DS17

Abstract

The continuous teacher training is a condition for qualification of teaching for teachers working in early childhood education. Theoretical deepening undertaken in Gatti (2011;2018), Kramer (2005) Zabalza (2007) reaffirms continuing teacher education as the construction of skills for teaching, as well as in the studies of Abuchaim (2018), Campos (2018), Barbosa (2016) present its relevance for the reflection and consolidation of pedagogical practices with early childhood. So, what are the training needs of teachers working in early childhood education? In this perspective, this article excelled in listening to teachers about their training paths in the context of pedagogical work with young children. The objective was to recognize the training needs and difficulties experienced by early childhood education teachers in the municipal network of Aracaju-SE/Brazil. The qualitative and descriptive methodological path, conducting individual interviews with 44 teachers working in preschool, in institutions in Aracaju-SE/Brazil. Among the results, the teachers' feelings of identity stood out, as well as the needs and difficulties encountered by them in their formative trajectory in the face of the specificities of early childhood education. It was evidenced that the fragility or absence of teacher training impacts the teacher's relationship with their professional identity, increases the lack of knowledge of the role and specifics of early childhood education and consolidates deformed actions of pedagogical work in the school environments of young children. Listening to teachers, promoting the reflection of their needs and difficulties of continuing education in the context of early childhood education constitutes a relevant contribution to the movement of qualification of teaching with early childhood. 

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Author Biographies

Julianna Britto Santos, Universidade Federal de Sergipe

Mestre em Educação pela Universidade Federal de Sergipe.
Especialista em Coordenação Pedagógica e Docência em Educação Infantil pela
Universidade Federal de Sergipe. Professora da educação básica de Aracaju SE.
Membro do grupo de pesquisa Formação e Atuação Docente - INTERAÇÃO.

Luiz Anselmo Menezes Santos, Universidade Federal de Sergipe

Doutor e Mestre em Educação pela Universidade Federal de Sergipe (UFS). Professor Associado do Departamento de Educação Física da UFS. Professor do Programa de Pós- Graduação em Educação da UFS. Coordenador do grupo de pesquisa Formação e Atuação de Educadores – INTERAÇÃO-UFS. Contato: [email protected]. Orcid: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5857-9420

Priscila Soares Silva, Universidade Federal de Sergipe

Doutoranda em Educação pela Universidade Federal de Sergipe-UFS.  Membro do Grupo de Pesquisa INTERAÇÂO-UFS. 

Published

2023-03-21

How to Cite

Santos, J. B., Menezes Santos, L. A., & Soares Silva, P. (2023). Formative pathways in early childhood education: : What do teachers tell us?. Revista Diálogo Educacional, 23(76). https://doi.org/10.7213/1981-416X.23.076.DS17