FORMAÇÃO DE CONCEITOS: promovendo mudanças qualitativas no processo ensino e aprendizagem.

Abstract

This research had as general theme issues of planning and development of continuing education related to teachers training concepts to promote qualitative changes in the teaching and learning. The research consisted of conducting didactic-formative experiment during one semester in a class of 3rd year of primary school, which was put into practice teaching plans based on principles of culturalhistorical theory and teaching of developmental theory. Were also research activities of diagnosis objects of literacy teachers practices prevailing in school and conducting a course for literacy school teachers, previously planned depending on the experiment. Interest in the subject arose from the need for decision-making in the real context of a school, on which continued training activities of teachers would be more effective to promote qualitative changes in their work, with repercussions on modes of appropriation in the formation of concepts. The subjects were eleven literacy teachers of a school private school system of a city in the state of Minas Gerais and one of those teachers who was seen in his performance in the classroom. The research was conducted in three stages: a) diagnosis of the practices of two teachers in two classes, one of the 1st year and 2nd year another; b) completion of the continuing education course to a group of teachers; c) supervising the work of a participating teacher of the course in a 3rd class year, through didactic-formative experiment, aiming to observe changes in their practices. Data were collected through observations and footage of all course lectures and training classes developed by the teacher, semi-structured interviews and questionnaires. After analyzing the data, and found some limitations in the research process, some results were extracted relevant: a) an initial diagnosis of the difficulties of teachers, made with their own participation, enables more actions focused on training needs; b) the training course with the teachers towards interventions in the formation of mental actions of the teachers has proved effective in promoting qualitative changes at work; c) the experiment was effective in the professional development of the teacher and the development of mental processes of children, acting also positively on the personal and professional development of other researchers involved.