O papel e as contribuições do gestor educacional no processo de formação continuada a partir da percepção docente

Abstract

This research aimed to investigate the role and contributions of educational managers - specifically the general manager and director of education - in relation to the process of teacher continuing education from the perception of teachers. It was opted for the action research to support this research because this type of research is a means of professional development from the "inside out" because of the concerns and interests of those involved in the practice, involving them in their own professional development (Nunan, 1993). The questionnaire was used as an instrument of data collection, applied to teachers of Basic,Technical and Technological Education acting on a federal educational institution located in a city in the central region of Rio Grande do Sul. Forty teachers had access to the questionnaire, this number was obtained return of twenty-three teachers, which were used for analysis and discussion of the issue in question. Thus, this proposal based on the collected data and with support of the theories, it was possible to diagnose that for the understanding of teachers, managers must have their share of contribution to the continuing education process in order to make it more meaningful for teaching practice. Among these contributions, it is expected that managers are more engaged in continuing education events, because only one can change or/and transform something if we are aware of its reality. Furthermore, it is suggested that managers put themselves in the place of teachers in order to understand, without discriminating, their desires and needs work.