Configuração identitária do professor formador de docentes

Abstract

The aim of this research is to investigate teacher trainers´ identity. The premise is that it is possible to identify a common culture among teacher trainers that reveals a teaching professionality and that an identity is built and transmitted. The investigation aimed at analyzing the characteristics that reveal the identitary configuration of teacher trainers in a public university in Paraná. The theoretical framework is based on the sociological perspective of identity proposed by Dubar, in addition to the concepts related to Brazilian higher education and higher education teaching. It is an empirical research that follows a qualitative approach based on the presuppositions of hermeneutics. The participants are teacher trainers that teach at the teaching degree courses at the State University of Ponta Grossa – UEPG. The data collection was carried out in three stages: 1) an online questionnaire (N=46); 2) a semi structured interview (N=21), and 3) a focal group (N= 10). The methodology used to organize, treat and analyze the data included the quantitative support of Clusters Analysis (CA) and Discursive Text Analysis (DTA) for the qualitative organization.The process of clustering thequestionnaire data indicated three groups or cluster of teachers according to profile similarity: I - Permanent teachers, II – Permanent and Temporary Teachers and III – Temporary teachers. The data analysis demonstrated that despite their personal trajectories, the teachers studied show identity characteristics and share common wishes. This allow us to affirm that there is a common culture shared among teacher trainers at the UEPG; a culture that has been developed during the process of professional socialization, confirming the premise that teachers´ identity is built and transmitted as a result of the interaction among teachers, their personal and professional experiences. The results also indicated that the characteristics of teacher trainers´ identity are closely related to the link they have with the Higher Education Institution and their work contract, which is also a determining factor to the activities (teaching, research and outreach projects) they carry out at their institutions. The conclusion is that there are significant differences between being a university professor and a university teacher trainer because teacher trainers should have knowledge related to teaching to teach and school experience, which in turn are not necessary touniversityprofessorsfrom bachelordegrees.