The question arises pertaining to the reasons behind the choice of making a career change into teaching. Men and women that have been working at their jobs in industry and business for years, quite efficient at the job that they do, make the life-changing, difficult choice to become teachers. The purpose of this study was to determine the nature of their previous mentoring experiences behind such conscious choices. In quantitative research, the researcher states a hypothesis early in the beginning chapters, laying the foundation for the results to be revealed in the ending chapters. However, in qualitative research there is no room for the researcher to show cause and effect, to prove or disprove a hypothesis. What the researcher does instead is he or she acts as the research instrument. This means that there is no third party or instrument between the researcher, the data or the assertion. The identification of these mentoring experiences, including actions, comments and examples demonstrate what a mentoring teacher does, says or exemplifies that shapes their students' decision to become teachers, whether directly into that degree or as a career transition later in life. Within the qualities, teaching methods and values discussed, overall they were positive. ·This common theme is what students should be advised before entering the teaching profession. The power of a positive experience for the student is what new teachers should learn and practice based on these responses. The general skills/teaching methods and values that a teacher demonstrates is what set them apart from other teachers as a "great teacher" and most importantly, a mentor.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-27T16:57:15Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Daniela da Silva.pdf: 1803252 bytes, checksum: 634fad73dfb1592ffd72e38e6cf1c948 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-05-22 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / The focus of this research is based on the discussions upon the initial graduation of teachers and it takes as target of discussion the professional track analysis of the graduates of Degree Course in Mathematics from PUC/SP. It tried to identify the form of the graduates from the last five years (2005-2010), their academic and professional paths, the reasons that made them choose the Degree Course in Mathematics and their option to follow or not to follow the teaching career. It also tries to identify the activities that they are currently developing and the significance that the Degree Course had on his professional path. As theoretical and methodological it was used the contributions by Vaillant (2004, 2007, 2009), Valle (2006), Jesus (2004) and Gatti (2010) to validate the discussions and analysis about professional career and work conditions. Degree and initial training, the research used the contributions from Gatti (2009), Barreto (2009) and Dias-da-Silva (2005). It is about a qualitative research approach based on a case study. It used as instruments of data collection an initial questionnaire and exploratory interviews. In relation to teaching career, all the participants of the research weave a deep consideration and respect to the teachers of the Degree in Mathematics course and in their statements, and value the profession s nobleness, but most of them are not working as a teacher and did not pursued the career of teaching. To the graduates of the Mathematics Degree course, the highest point of the course is related to the teacher s practices and influences, and Teaching Practice, and Supervised Internship were considered the most important disciplines with highlights to the conception, organization and pace of lessons as the positive points of the course. Aspects as the lack of social valorization, represented for the low salaries, the profession s image and social prestige, the students and school conditions, the work safety, among others, seems to scare the graduates researched regarding the choice of a career in teaching / O foco desta pesquisa inscreve-se nas discussões acerca da formação inicial de professores e toma como objeto de discussão e análise da trajetória profissional dos egressos do curso de Licenciatura em Matemática da PUC/SP. O trabalho buscou identificar o perfil do egresso dos últimos cinco anos (2005-2010), sua trajetória acadêmica e profissional, os motivos que o levaram à escolha do curso de Licenciatura em Matemática e sua opção ou não pela carreira docente. Buscou, também, identificar as atividades que esses egressos estão desenvolvendo atualmente, e o papel que teve o curso de Licenciatura em sua trajetória profissional. Como referencial teórico-metodológico foram utilizadas as contribuições de Vaillant (2004, 2007, 2009), Valle (2006), Jesus (2004) e Gatti (2010) para apoiar as discussões e análises sobre carreira profissional e condições de trabalho. Para a discussão sobre o papel dos cursos de Licenciatura e formação inicial, o estudo se amparou em Gatti (2009), Barreto (2009) e Dias--da-Silva (2005). Trata-se de uma abordagem qualitativa de pesquisa, pautada num estudo de caso. Como instrumentos de coleta de dados, foram adotados um questionário inicial e entrevistas exploratórias. Em relação à profissão docente, embora os participantes da presente pesquisa mostrassem profunda consideração e respeito pelos professores do curso de Licenciatura em Matemática e, em seus depoimentos, valorizassem a profissão, a maioria dos egressos não está atuando como docente e não seguiu a carreira do magistério. Para os egressos do curso de Licenciatura em Matemática, o ponto mais alto no curso está voltado para as práticas e influências dos professores; as disciplinas consideradas mais importantes foram as de Prática de Ensino e Estágio Supervisionado, com destaque para a concepção, organização e andamento das aulas, como um dos pontos positivos do curso. Aspectos como a falta de valorização social, representados pelos baixos salários, a imagem da profissão e o prestígio social, a condição dos alunos e das escolas, a segurança no trabalho, dentre outros, parece assustar os egressos, pesquisados em relação à escolha da carreira do magistério