Formação permanente de professores de Educação Física na rede estadual de ensino de Santa Maria/RS

Abstract

This postgraduate research is part of a specialization degree program in School Physical Education, and aimed to understand how the continuing education process of physical education teachers of State Schools in Santa Maria/RS is organized. Elements that enable to deepen a discussion about the continuing education for physical education teachers were gathered on the basis of the meanings which are ascribed to this process by the collaborators themselves. The present investigation is an exploratory and descriptive study with a qualitative approach. The source of information was provided by the teachers that work in the Primary and Secondary Education, and in Young and Adult Education Programs in State Schools in Rio Grande do Sul. As research instruments, semi-structured interviews as well as document analysis and current literature review were used.