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No. of bitstreams: 2 Tese - Robson Alves dos Santos - 2017.pdf: 2597805 bytes, checksum: 1e98998fa8234401cb92b81aab227dcd (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-04-11 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / The formation of the Geography teacher has been studied by several researchers and is considered of fundamental importance for the success of school education. There is a series of knowledge and knowledge that are used by teachers during their professional activity, that is, there are knowledge and knowledge that serve as the basis for the office of being a teacher. The objective of this thesis is to analyze the process of construction of this knowledge and knowledge, as well as the construction of the professionalism of four Geography professors who work in Higher Education in the State of Goiás, two Federal University of Goiás in Goiânia (UFG) and two University State of Goiás (UEG) in Anápolis. It is based on Shulman's studies and his knowledge base for teaching, in which this knowledge is divided into knowledge of specific content, general didactic knowledge, context knowledge and pedagogical knowledge of content. The thesis here is that the teacher-teacher in the context of his teaching practice mediates the dialogue between the teaching knowledge, that is, between the specific knowledge of the discipline with the pedagogical knowledge in the construction of the professional knowledge made effective by the students of the Geography degree in initial formation. It was sought to understand the knowledge that Geography teachers must possess, to develop a work in which there is dialogue and articulation between the various existing teaching knowledge and thus promote their professionalism. The following data collection instruments were used: bibliographical reading, analysis of documents such as the Pedagogical Project of the two courses and analysis of the course plans of the disciplines, observation of the classes offered in the degree courses of the two universities of that field Research and interview with the four teachers observed. The result of the study points out that the formative process of the Geography teacher should be based on a teacher that articulates the teaching knowledge in its training practice, as well as encouraging the future teachers the same attitude, that is, a teacher who possesses and Construct pedagogical knowledge of geographic content in its formation. / A formação do professor de Geografia tem sido estudada por diversos pesquisadores e é considerada de fundamental importância para o sucesso da educação escolar. Existe uma série de conhecimentos e saberes que são utilizados pelos docentes durante sua atividade profissional, ou seja, existem saberes e conhecimentos que servem de base para o oficio de ser professor. Objetivamos, nesta tese, analisar o processo de construção desses conhecimentos e saberes, bem como da construção da profissionalidade de quatro professores de Geografia que atuam na Educação Superior no estado de Goiás, sendo dois Universidade Federal de Goiás em Goiânia (UFG) e dois Universidade Estadual de Goiás (UEG) em Anápolis. A pesquisa baseia-se, centralmente, nos estudos de Shulman e sua base de conhecimentos para o ensino, no qual divide-se esses conhecimentos em conhecimento de conteúdo específico, conhecimento didático geral, conhecimento de contexto e conhecimento pedagógico de conteúdo. A tese aqui defendida é a de que o professor formador de professores no contexto da sua prática docente é mediador do diálogo entre os conhecimentos docentes, ou seja, entre os conhecimentos específicos da disciplina com os conhecimentos pedagógicos na construção do conhecimento profissional efetivado pelos alunos da licenciatura de Geografia na formação inicial. Buscou-se compreender os conhecimentos que os professores de Geografia devem possuir, para desenvolver um trabalho em que haja diálogo e articulação entres os vários conhecimentos docentes existentes e assim promover sua profissionalidade. Para a realização da pesquisa utilizou-se os seguintes instrumentos de coleta de dados: leitura bibliográfica, análise de documentos como Projeto Pedagógico dos dois cursos e análise dos planos de curso das disciplinas, observação de aulas das disciplinas ofertadas nas licenciaturas das duas universidades campo dessa pesquisa e entrevista com os quatro professores observados. O resultado do estudo aponta que o processo formativo do professor de Geografia, deve pautar-se em um professor formador que articule os conhecimentos docentes em sua prática formadora, bem como incentive aos futuros professores esta mesma atitude, ou seja, um professor que possua e construa conhecimento pedagógico de conteúdo geográfico em sua formação.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-17T13:54:37Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Elizia.pdf: 817283 bytes, checksum: 7bffa0be0cd26e244919ea257b452c7d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-07-17 / This study analyzes the pedagogical training of Bachelor of Arts of the Federal University of Maranhão, on the campus of Bacanga, headquartered in St. Louis Search to outline the teacher training course from the pedagogical knowledge mobilized in pedagogical subjects. The fabric of this research is based on a qualitative approach, more precisely in the case study, since it addresses a specific case, inserted in the social, economic and political. To do so, use has been made of the semi-structured interview as a methodological tool, with students of the last two periods and teachers pedagogical disciplines. As treatment technique and data analysis, made use of content analysis. Discusses public policies for education and how these affect higher education and, consequently, the training of teachers, models, trends and settings such training course in Literature. Conceptualize themselves teaching knowledge and teaching and reflected on the concepts of language. Finally, we seek to discuss and analyze the pedagogical training in the light of representations of learners and teachers, as well as suggestions that may indicate ways to seek improvements in the teaching-learning pedagogical knowledge. The representations of the subjects of the research show some weaknesses in teacher training, teaching as essentially theoretical, detached from reality and identity with a bachelor's degree. However, it is clear that there is a change perspective, rooted in questions of students and teachers in the daily struggle of pedagogical disciplines belonging to the Department of Arts, so that the course be strengthened as Bachelor and the pedagogical win a prominent place. / Neste estudo, analisa-se a formação pedagógica do Curso de Licenciatura em Letras da Universidade Federal do Maranhão, no campus do Bacanga, com sede em São Luís. Busca-se delinear a formação pedagógica do Curso a partir dos saberes pedagógicos mobilizados nas disciplinas pedagógicas. A tessitura desta pesquisa baseia-se na abordagem qualitativa, mais precisamente no estudo de caso, uma vez que se aborda um caso específico, inserido em realidade social, econômica e política. Para tanto, fez-se uso da entrevista semi-estruturada, enquanto instrumento metodológico, com estudantes dos dois últimos períodos e com professores das disciplinas pedagógicas. Como técnica de tratamento e análise de dados, fez-se uso da análise de conteúdo. Discutem-se as políticas públicas para a educação e como estas atingem a educação superior e, consequentemente, a formação de professores; modelos, tendências e configurações dessa formação no Curso de Letras. Conceituam-se saberes docentes e pedagógicos e reflete-se sobre as concepções de linguagem. Por fim, busca-se discutir e analisar a formação pedagógica à luz das representações dos formandos e professores, bem como suas sugestões que poderão apontar caminhos para a busca de melhorias no processo ensino-aprendizagem dos saberes pedagógicos. As representações dos sujeitos da pesquisa apontam algumas fragilidades na formação pedagógica, como o ensino essencialmente teórico, distante da realidade e com uma identidade de bacharelado. No entanto, é possível afirmar que existe uma perspectiva de mudança, alicerçada nos questionamentos dos estudantes e na luta diária dos professores das disciplinas pedagógicas que pertencem ao Departamento de Letras, para que o Curso se fortaleça enquanto Licenciatura e para que a formação pedagógica ganhe um lugar de destaque.

Estudos e pesquisas a respeito da formação docente, sobre os mais variados aspectos, têm assumido grande importância na literatura educacional, especialmente em contextos não formais de educação, como alguns casos de trabalho com idosos. Acredita-se que ensinar não é somente transferir conhecimento, pois o processo de aprendizagem surge, também, da capacidade que o ser humano tem de se desenvolver e compartilhar experiências que por sua vez, se constituem em saberes. No contexto de educação, abordar a formação profissional do docente sugere compreender seu processo de aprendizagem, que implica um exercício contínuo em sua prática profissional. Esta pesquisa teve como objetivo investigar como um grupo de docentes de diferentes áreas do conhecimento articula seus saberes no trabalho que desenvolvem com idosos. Trata-se de uma pesquisa de natureza qualitativa, do tipo estudo de caso, realizada em programa de educação permanente para idosos, que utiliza como instrumentos a técnica do grupo focal, a entrevista de história de vida e a observação sistemática. Os dados foram submetidos à análise de conteúdo e discutidos a luz de teóricos da área de formação de professores. O grupo pesquisado foi composto por dez docentes das áreas de Psicologia, Enfermagem, Letras, Educação Física, Matemática, Computação e Fisioterapia, com média de 55 anos, sendo dois do sexo masculino e oito do feminino. Todos atuam diretamente em cursos, oficinas e atividades educacionais para adultos maduros e idosos, embora apenas três tenham formação na área gerontológica. A sistematização dos relatos resultou nas seguintes categorias temáticas: motivos para atuação no programa, desafios profissionais ligados a esse trabalho, percepção dos docentes em relação à velhice, a presença da afetividade entre docentes e discentes, a formação e os saberes da docência, prática docente, aprendizagem e conhecimento do docente. Constatou-se que aprender e se desenvolver faz parte de um processo contínuo da formação docente. Trabalhar com essa população favorece o autodesenvolvimento do docente, estimulando-o a ser responsável por sua aprendizagem continuada e estar aberto às novas experiências. Conclui-se que, embora nem todos tenham formação e conhecimentos específicos em gerontologia educacional a articulação dos saberes desses docentes se relaciona às suas experiências de vida e à formação inicial, como importantes bases do trabalho na docência. Os achados deste estudo corroboram os resultados de outras pesquisas sobre a necessidade de formação de recursos humanos na área gerontológica, para atender as demandas da população que envelhece como as da área educacional. / Studies and research about the teacher training on various aspects, have assumed large importance in the educational literature, especially in non-formal education, as some cases of working with the elderly. It is believed that teaching is not only to transfer knowledge, because the learning process issues also the capacity that human beings have to develop and share experiences, which consist in knowledge. In the context of education, approach the vocational training of teachers proposes understand their learning process, which implies a continuous exercise in their professional practice. This research aimed to investigate how a group of teachers from different areas of knowledge articulate their knowledge in their work with elderly. It is a qualitative research, type case study, conducted in permanent education program for the elderly, using as instruments the technique of focus groups, life history interviews and systematic observation. The data were subjected to content analysis and discussed based on theoretical teacher training area. The results indicate that the study group was composed of ten teachers from the areas of Psychology, Nursing, Language, Physical Education, Mathematics, Computer and Physical Therapy, they are 55 years old on average, two males and eight females. All work directly in courses, workshops and educational activities for mature adults and seniors, although only three have specialization in gerontology. The systematization of the reports have resulted in the following thematic categories: reasons to performance in the program, professional challenges linked to that work, perception of teachers in relation to old age, the presence of affection between teachers and students, training and teacher knowledge, teaching practice, learning and knowledge of teachers. It was found that learn and develop is part of a continuous process of teacher education. Working with this population supports self-development of teachers, encouraging them to be responsible for their continued learning and to be available to new experiences. We have concluded that, although the profissionals dont have graduation and expertise in educational gerontology the articulation of knowledge these teachers relate to their life experiences and initial graduation as important bases of work in teaching. The data corroborates the results of other research about the necessity for training of human resources in gerontology, to attend the demands of the aging population as the educational area.

The purpose of this mixed-methods study was to examine the impact of a long-term, 5E inquiry-based professional development on content and pedagogical knowledge in eighth-grade science teachers in Texas. Qualitative and quantitative data were collected via university designed reflective prompts, science content pretests and post-tests, and a classroom observation instrument. Results showed the professional development had a statistically significant impact on teachers' content knowledge in earth science, less significant impact in content knowledge in physical science and that teachers' levels of inquiry-based practice were in the early stages. The teachers' reflections of the professional development's impact indicated self-identified growth in their content knowledge and an impact on their understanding of inquiry-based classroom instructional practice. The findings suggest inquiry-based professional development has an impact on teachers' content and pedagogical knowledge, specifically regarding conveying content effectively, concept interconnection, lesson design, and teachers' opportunities to experience inquiry-based learning themselves before implementing it in their classrooms. The study's implications for further research include examinations of professional learning opportunities at local district and campus levels to identify and incorporate science teachers' existing levels of content and inquiry-based pedagogical knowledge and provide opportunities for practice to incorporate the pedagogy in classrooms.

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The aim of this study was to investigate the role of Technology teachers’ knowledge in promoting learners’ higher order thinking skills. This aim was addressed by conducting the relevant literature survey and an empirical investigation. Four schools were selected in the Johannesburg West District. Here, twelve Grade 7 Technology teachers, three from each school, were interviewed and observations conducted. The data was analysed and findings presented ultimately. The findings reveal that Technology teachers who possess a greater depth of technological content knowledge, pedagogical knowledge and assessment knowledge are more effective in as far as promoting learners’ higher order thinking. On the other hand, Technology teachers who possess a shallow technological content knowledge, pedagogical knowledge and assessment knowledge struggle to promote learners’ higher order thinking. The main conclusions drawn from this study are that Technology teachers’ knowledge can play a role in learners’ acquisition of higher order thinking skills. Therefore, Technology teachers should acquire a sound technological knowledge in order to be able to promote learners’ acquisition of higher order thinking skills. / Curriculum and Instructional Studies / M. Ed. (Curriculum Studies) / Technology -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- South Africa -- Johannesburg -- Case studies / Critical thinking -- South Africa -- Johannesburg -- Case studies

The purpose of the study was to explore problems encountered in the teaching and learning of statistics in grade 11 and to offer ways of addressing them. A convenient sample of 100 grade 11 mathematics teachers and 448 grade 11 mathematics learners participated in the study. A descriptive survey design was used. Data were collected from the teachers using a teacher questionnaire, classroom observation schedule and teacher interview, and from learners through the use of a learner questionnaire, classroom observation schedule, diagnostic test and learner interview. The validity and reliability of all these instruments was established. Descriptive statistics and frequencies were used to analyse learner questionnaires, teacher questionnaires and learners‟ responses to a diagnostic test. Teacher and learner interviews were transcribed and classified according to themes. Classroom observations were analysed by using themes and checking for similarities and differences. The results showed that teachers had difficulty with the interpretation and calculation of measures of dispersion; representation and interpretation of data on graphs or plots; determining the five number summary; constructing and interpreting probability diagrams and tables; and interpreting probability terminology. Also, the results showed that learners experienced difficulties when using graphs to predict the results; interpreting and determining measures of dispersion; computation of quartiles when the total number of data values was even; representing data on graphs or plots; interpreting and determining measures of central tendency; constructing and interpreting probability graphs and tables; and interpreting probability terminology. The results found possible causes of the teachers‟ difficulties to be (1) their lack of statistics content knowledge; (2) inadequate textbooks; (3) in-service programmes which did not cover statistical topics, or which did not pay adequate attention to probability; and (4) teachers failure to attend these in-service teacher workshops. Further, the findings of the study were that the probable causes of learners‟ difficulties were (1) inadequate teaching of statistics topics in previous grades; (2) teachers‟ lack of content knowledge in statistics meant they had difficulty explaining concepts to learners; (3) inadequate learning material and learners‟ inability to use the statistics function mode on their calculators; and (4) learners‟ lack of conceptual knowledge of certain aspects of statistics. Lastly, the results of the study found that the possible ways to address the problems in the teaching and learning of statistics in grade 11 to be: (1) teachers should receive financial support from their schools/districts to attend in-service education and training programmes; (2) textbooks should be well written (provide thorough explanations) and contain all the information necessary to teach data handling and probability (i.e. formulae, more examples); (3) in-service teacher programmes should meet the needs of the teachers by offering topics that teachers find difficult to teach; and (4) more and longer inset programmes on probability, preferably five-day workshops, should be arranged. / Mathematics Education / M. Sc. (Mathematics, Science and Technology Education)

The main theme of the study is exploring and understanding the impact of an innovative continuing professional development model for integrating ICT into classroom pedagogy. The focus is on the relationship between teachers’ beliefs, knowledge and pedagogic practice in the process of developing and adopting new knowledge and skills to cope with 21st century education. The study explores the 'future schools' primary teachers’ education, in-service training, status, beliefs, knowledge, and skills of using ICT in practice in the Kuwait context. The finding from the exploratory study shows that teachers’ lack of Technological, Pedagogical and Content knowledge TPACK and that this impacts on their capacity to improve their pedagogic practice. The study applied a social-constructivist approach to understand the process of change in the nine participants' teachers' beliefs, knowledge through an innovative continuing professional development model, and stimulating teachers to develop a reflective practice skills focusing on improving pedagogic practice and using ICT. A case study approach was used as the methodology of the study to develop an understanding of the process of change in the nine participant teachers' reflection on and experienced of the effects of adopting alternative pedagogic practice and integrating ICT. The numerous small findings from the quantitative and qualitative methods applied to the six months of continuing professional development involving nine primary teachers come under four main themes: 1) In-service teachers' beliefs and knowledge development, 2) Classroom pedagogy for autonomy with ICT integration, 3) Constraints affecting future schools’ teachers' integration of ICT, and 4) The key principles of an RP-BCPD model for teachers CPD in Kuwait. The understandings from the findings of the study show that the quality of the CPD for improving teachers' pedagogic practice is affected by the socio-cultural context of the 'future schools'. The study shows that the nine participant teachers can develop effective alternative pedagogic practice and successfully integrate ICT, when they are empowered to reflect, inquire into their practice, and learn from each other and from cross-cultural best practice. The unique finding of the study indicated that the nine participant teachers experiences some difficulties with engaging in the change process because of classroom cultural context such as: teachers' TPACK knowledge and competences, curriculum overload, and classroom size. Finally, the finding shows that providing the participant teachers with reflective practice as the base of CPD programme within schools context linked learning theory to improve pedagogic practice.

Este trabalho visou ampliar os conhecimentos sobre avaliação em longo prazo de cursos de formação continuada para docente em Educação a Distância (EaD), enfocando Ensino de Botânica e percepção de professores da rede pública estadual de São Paulo sobre aspectos do Conhecimento Pedagógico do Conteúdo (PCK). O objetivo específico foi avaliar a percepção dos docentes participantes de uma disciplina de Botânica, inserida no curso de especialização para professores de Biologia (EspBio), pertencente ao programa REDEFOR (Rede São Paulo de Formação Docente), em relação às influências de tal disciplina na prática docente atual, sobre alguns aspectos relacionados ao PCK, segundo o modelo de Rollnick et al. (2008): 1. Conhecimento Específico de Botânica; 2. Importância da Botânica no Ensino Médio; 3. Escolha de Práticas de Ensino, Estratégias e Materiais Didáticos; 4. Seleção dos Conteúdos Específicos; 5. Dificuldades dos Alunos em relação à aprendizagem de Botânica. Visando atingir tais objetivos, utilizamos como instrumento de coleta de dados questionários virtuais distribuídos para todos os participantes (cerca de 800) das duas versões (2010/2011 e 2011/2012) do curso, onde obtivemos retorno de 75 deles, ou seja, uma taxa de resposta de 9,3%. As respostas das oito questões foram submetidas à análise de conteúdo segundo Bardin (2009), onde os dados foram agrupados em cinco Eixos de Análises (EA), correspondentes aos aspectos do PCK destacados nos objetivos específicos. Os principais achados referentes a esses eixos são: EA1. 93% dos participantes declararam que houve ampliação em seu conhecimento específico sobre Botânica a partir da disciplina e destacaram, principalmente, o aprimoramento conceitual e a influência positiva em suas práticas docentes, que se tornaram mais dinâmicas, contextualizadas, motivadoras e com caráter mais prático, bem como se tornaram mais confiantes para ensinar a temática; EA2. A importância de ensinar Botânica, principalmente associada a relação das plantas com nosso cotidiano e com as questões ambientais e ecológicas, foi amplamente reconhecida pelos professores (93%), bem como a influência da disciplina nessa valorização (67%). Porém, 33% não declarou tal influência, visto que já possuíam esta ideia antes da disciplina; EA 3. Grande parte dos professores (76%) destacou a influência da disciplina na prática docente atual, tanto por utilizar recursos e estratégias disponibilizados na mesma (72%), quanto por ter obtido inspiração para novas abordagens (63%), como aulas mais práticas, dinâmicas e contextualizadas. 17% dos professores tiveram dificuldades para implementar as propostas apresentadas pela disciplina, principalmente devido a entraves do contexto de ensino. EA 4. A influência da disciplina Botânica na seleção de conteúdos conceituais foi relatada por 64% dos professores, que descreveram mudanças relacionadas com as formas de trabalhar os conteúdos (estratégias, recursos e abordagens), e não relacionadas à sua seleção propriamente dita, mas destacaram a melhora no conhecimento de Botânica, que permitiu mudanças positivas na seleção e abordagem desses conteúdos em sala de aula. Já 29% dos docentes não relataram mudanças após a disciplina e isso foi, em grande parte, justificado pela pouca flexibilidade curricular no contexto de alguns professores ou por condições ruins de trabalho docente. EA 5. 73% dos participantes declararam que a disciplina os ajudou a refletir sobre as dificuldades específicas que os alunos enfrentam ao estudar Botânica, onde relatos foram destacados para diminuir as dificuldades de seus alunos, buscando um processo de ensino e aprendizagem mais dinâmico e contextualizado, que valorize as concepções iniciais dos estudantes. Quanto aos temas específicos: evolução, filogenia, fotossíntese e ciclos reprodutivos foram considerados pelos professores como aqueles de aprendizagem mais difícil. Assim, pudemos detectar, nos diferentes EA, elementos ligados às manifestações presentes no modelo de PCK de Rollnick et al. (2008), principalmente Estratégias Instrucionais de um Conteúdo Específico, Representações e Saliência Curricular, indicando que os conhecimentos docentes foram mobilizados prática docente. Nosso estudo aponta a necessidade de valorizar e investir no aprimoramento do PCK de Botânica em cursos de formação continuada de professores no contexto brasileiro, sendo a EaD uma alternativa viável e importante. O professor necessita de outros conhecimentos associados, além do específico, como o conhecimento dos alunos, do contexto e pedagógico geral, para ter melhores condições de desenvolver e refletir sobre sua prática docente / This dissertation aimed to broaden the knowledge about the long-term evaluation of continuing courses for Distance Education, gathering Botanical teaching and the perception of teachers of public São Paulo state network schools about the aspects of Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK). The specific objective was to evaluate the perception of these teachers who participated in the Botanical discipline - part of the specialization course of Biology teaching (EspBio) and also part of the program REDEFOR (Rede São Paulo de Formação Docente) - about the influence of such discipline in their current teaching practice, analyzed through the aspects related to PCK, according to Rollnich et al. (2008) model: 1. Specialized knowledge of Botanic; 2. The importance of Botanical teaching in high school; 3. Choice of Teaching Practices, Strategies, and Didactic Materials; 4. Selection of Specific Contents; 5. Difficulties of the Students related to Botanic learning. In order to achieve these objectives, we used virtual questionnaires given to all participants (about 800) of the two versions (2010/2011 and 2011/2012) of the course, and we obtained a return of 75 participants, a response rate of 9.3%. The responses of the eight questions were submitted to the content analysis according to Bardin (2009), where the data were grouped into five Analysis Axes (EA), corresponding to the aspects of the PCK highlighted in the specific objective above. The main findings regarding these axes are: EA1. 93% of the participants declared that there was an increase in their knowledge about Botanic after they did the discipline, mainly, in the conceptual improvement and positive influence in their teaching practices, which became more dynamic, contextual, motivating and more practical, as well as they become more confident to teach the subject; EA2. The importance of teaching Botanic, mainly associated with the relation of plants to our daily life and with the environmental and ecological issues, was widely recognized by teachers (93%), as well as the influence of the discipline in this valorization (67%). However, 33% did not declare such influence, since they already had this idea before the discipline; EA 3. A big portion of the teachers (76%) emphasized the influence of the discipline in their current teaching practice, both for using resources and strategies already available in this discipline (72%), and for having been inspired by its new approaches (63%), such as had more practical, dynamic and contextualized teaching classes. 17% of the teachers had difficulties in implementing the proposals presented by the discipline, mainly due to obstacles in the teaching context. EA 4. The influence of the Botanic discipline on their selection of conceptual content was reported by 64% of the teachers and they described these changes related to the way of working contents (strategies, resources and approaches), not related to their selection, but also noticed the improvement in their Botanical knowledge, which allowed positive changes in the selection and approach of these contents in the classroom. 29% did not report changes after taking the discipline and this was, for the most part, justified by their lack of curricular flexibility in the context of some teachers or poor conditions of teaching work. EA 5. 73% of the participants stated that the discipline helped them to think about the specific difficulties students may face when studying Botanic, where reports were highlighted to reduce the difficulties of their students, seeking a more dynamic and contextualized teaching and learning process, that values the learning concepts of their students. Specific subjects like evolution, phylogeny, photosynthesis and reproductive cycles were considered by teachers as those of more difficult learning process. Thus, we could detect, in the different AE, elements linked to the manifestations present in the PCK model of Rollnick et al. (2008), mainly Instructional Strategies of a Specific Content, Representations and Curriculum Outline, indicating that teaching knowledge was in fact mobilized. Our study points out the need to value and invest in the improvement of Botanic PCK model for continuing teaching courses in the Brazilian context, and the EaD is a viable and valuable alternative path. The teacher needs other associated knowledge, as well as specific knowledge, such as students\' knowledge, context, and general pedagogy, in order to have better conditions to develop and influence their teaching practice

O presente trabalho aborda a circulação de saberes em torno da profissionalização docente num programa de formação continuada de professores das séries iniciais, o PEC-Municípios, desenvolvido no Estado de São Paulo, por iniciativa da Secretaria de Estado da Educação, em parceria com algumas universidades, no período de 2006 a 2008. A pesquisa adotou as perspectivas teóricas mais recentes dos estudos comparados em educação, que podem ser classificados em duas tradições investigativas distintas: a primeira, representada por alguns autores vinculados à Universidade de Standford, dos quais se destacam Meyer e Ramírez, comumente citados nos trabalhos como neoinstitucionalistas; a segunda, modelarmente representada por Schriewer, por alguns, classificadas como tendência hermenêutica. Por meio do estudo do discurso e dos dispositivos didáticos presente no material produzido no âmbito do Programa para ser distribuído para os professores cursistas, foi possível identificar um conjunto de autores, textos e conceitos que têm circulado amplamente no contexto internacional das reformas educativas empreendidas desde os anos 1990. Foi notável na análise do material a presença das prescrições em torno da ideia de profissional reflexivo, que passa a ser o mote da reconstrução da identidade profissional docente nesse período, com ênfase nos saberes da prática e na apropriação das ideias centrais daquele conjunto de autores e textos que circulam internacionalmente. Nessa análise, os conceitos de externalização (Schriewer) e de estrangeiro indígena (Popkewitz) foram importantes ferramentas teóricas para compor um quadro analítico do discurso produzido no âmbito do PEC-Municípios. / The present paper discusses the circulation of knowledge about the professionalization of a program of continuous training of teachers in early grades, the PEC-cities, developed in the State of São Paulo, at the initiative of the Ministry of Education, in partnership with some universities in the period from 2006 to 2008. The research adopted the latest theoretical perspectives of comparative studies in education, which can be classified into two different investigative traditions: the first, represented by some authors linked to Stanford University, among which are Meyer and Ramirez, commonly mentioned in works like \"neo-institutionalists\", and the second is represented by modelarmente Schriewer by some tendency classified as hermeneutics. Through the study of speech and the devices in this didactic material produced under the program to be distributed to the participant teachers, it was possible to identify a set of authors, texts and concepts that have been circulating widely in the international context of educational reforms undertaken since 1990. In the present analysis of the material, it was noticed prescriptions around the idea of \"reflective practitioner\", which happens to be the theme of the reconstruction of professional identity of teachers in this period, with emphasis on the practical knowledge and ownership of the core ideas that set of authors and texts that circulate internationally. In this analysis, the concepts of externalization (Schriewer) and \"foreign native\" (Popkewitz) were important theoretical tools to compose an analytical framework of the discourse produced in the PEC-Cities.