Formação continuada na e para a educação profissional e tecnológica

Abstract

Given the complexity of teaching in Vocational and Technological Education, it is important to rethink the foundation teachers have received to support their practice, fostering conscious and reflective action based on their continuing education. However, rethinking the complexity of Teacher Education is inevitable if we are to build a transformative teaching praxis. This study, linked to the Professional Master's Program in Vocational and Technological Education (PROFEPT), whose research is in Track 1 - Educational Practices in Vocational and Technological Education (EPT) and Macroproject 1 - Methodological Proposals and Teaching Resources in Formal and Informal Teaching Spaces in EPT, addresses the importance of continuing education in the context of EPT and aims to analyze the Continuing Education offered by the Piauí State School Network for EPT teachers. Given the problems and challenges faced by these professionals throughout history, the study seeks to identify pathways and new possibilities for actions that shape this educational context. This is a qualitative, exploratory-descriptive study, using a bibliographical survey on the topic and field research with seven teachers from a State Center for Vocational Education (CEEP) in Piauí. A questionnaire and semi-structured interviews were used as data collection tools. Content analysis, as proposed by Bardin (2016), was performed for data analysis. The results of the data analysis demonstrate a shortage of continuing education at this institution within the State Education Network, which weakens teachers' understanding of the foundations and conceptual bases of EPT. It was confirmed that this training is essential to fill gaps left by initial training and pave the way for the development of autonomous, reflective teachers who build emancipatory education. Based on the results, the Educational Product was developed: a continuing education course on the conceptual bases of EPT, with teachers from the school where the study was conducted. It was found that it is necessary to strengthen the teacher's perspective on continuous training dynamics and expand Continuing Education programs, which include all teachers working in EPT.