A docência orientada como caminho possível no processo formativo de professores universitários: em busca de indicadores de qualidade

Abstract

This research work is linked to the Program of Masters Degree in Education, of Federal University of Santa Maria, included in the Graduation, Knowledge and Professional Development research line. The subject of the present research involves the discussion about the contribution of the discipline called Oriented Teaching for the academic professors' graduation processes, inferring possible quality indicators for this level of education. This discipline is offered in the syllabus of the courses of Master s Degree stricto sensu in education, in Brazilian Federal Universities. In that way, the general objective is attempting to understand in which manner the Oriented Teaching can contribute for the formative process of the subjects in matter. The methodology is qualitative/quantitative, concerning two dimensions: a quantitative one, seeking to draw a general panorama of the Oriented Teaching in Brazilian Federal Universities and a profile of the discipline in UFSM; and a qualitative one, through the case study with students and Professors of PPGE/CE/UFSM. Therefore, based on the interpretative analysis of the collected data, it is drawn a panorama that defines in general terms the Oriented Teaching in Brazilian Federal Universities and it is built analysis categories that demonstrate how is the status of the discipline at UFSM. These are: Professors' instruction in the Higher Education, Feelings according to the Oriented Teaching and Influence of the Advisor. Thus, starting from the subject and objectives of that research, the found categories can mirror the following quality indicators: education opportunity; teacher's self-valorization as person; group working; learning of the academic teaching; timetable of the Oriented Teaching; inclusion of the number of students that attends the discipline; the oriented Professors' involvement along the extent of the discipline; the advisor's tutorage. Then, those possible indicators reinforce the idea that the Oriented Teaching becomes a possible path in the academic Professors' education process; that could contribute positively in the quality of the higher education.