Estágios curriculares supervisionados: o que a gestão escolar tem a ver com isso?

Abstract

Taking the Brazilian educational setting into account, the relationship between university and basic education schools is an increasingly important topic. Within such context, teacher education and school management are constantly listed as relevant issues whenever quality assurance in education is concerned. Aiming at better perceiving such relationship, this study purports to understand to what extent the issue of student teaching practice management within the school environment impacts teacher education as seen from a broader perspective. In order to cope with the goals of the study, a qualitative research approach was used, through which it was possible to infer a number of issues based on curriculum documental analysis of both a school (PPP) and a set of teacher education programs at Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (PPCs). Besides that, semi-structured interviews were carried out with student teachers from the programs selected, as well as with school management staff at Instituto Estadual Padre Caetano, who were in charge of managing student teaching at the school. The theoretical approach of the study is grounded authors such as Pimenta (2004), Lück (1998) and Wielewicki (2010). Based on the data collected it was possible to realize some fragilities on the relationship between university and school, especially whenever school management and student teaching are concerned. The interviews with the student teachers also evidenced some gaps in their education, which are then discussed along this monograph.