RESUMO
Normal schools in Mexico train teachers for basic level education. Classified as Higher Education Institutions, part of their mandate is to conduct scientific research to improve educational quality. Currently, normal school students can meet graduation requirements by either writing a thesis or reporting on professional practice using Participatory Action Research (PAR). Teachers at normal schools have only limited experience in conducting and supervising PAR projects. With the aim of analyzing the situation and addressing this paradox, we used PAR to develop a plan to train normal school teachers in application of PAR methodology. We present the training proposal and evaluate its results in a pilot phase. These suggest that PAR represents an innovative option for training teachers to conduct research and therefore fulfill part of their responsibilities at normal schools in Mexico. Changes in institutional culture and structure would be required for successful implementation of PAR in this context.
Assuntos
Pesquisa Participativa Baseada na Comunidade/organização & administração , Pesquisadores/educação , Instituições Acadêmicas/organização & administração , Capacitação de Professores/organização & administração , Currículo , Humanos , México , Competência Profissional , Avaliação de Programas e Projetos de Saúde , Melhoria de Qualidade/organização & administraçãoRESUMO
RESUMO: A Escola Normal Paulista foi lócus de promoção de inovações pedagógicas e de irradiação de saberes e práticas ao magistério primário. As práticas corporais de cultivo físico e estético, produtoras de uma educação do corpo, eram aquelas que os reformadores e os agentes da instrução pública tinham o interesse de difusão para ter um impacto sobre as Escolas Primárias, foco da regeneração social. Então, quais práticas que compuseram um sentido de educação do corpo estavam presentes na formação de normalistas (1890-1931)? Como resultado, centramos análises sobre a Ginástica e o Escotismo.
ABSTRACT: In the state of São Paulo, Brazil, the Normal School was responsible to spread pedagogic innovations and diffuse new knowledge and practices for primary school. We assume that physic and aesthetic corporal practices, producers of a body education and offered in Normal School, were those reformers and public institution officials who broadcast interest in having an impact grade schools, focusing on social regeneration. So, which practices composed a sense of this education of the body in teacher's training (1890-1931)? As a result, we focused the analyses on gymnastics and scouting.