Since English has risen as the dominant language in the world, the demand for English language teachers has grown rapidly especially in the last three decades. Hence, English language teacher education has become an important concern in the Turkish national education system, which has forced the governments to implement a series of reforms. One of these was the Foreign Language Education (FLE) curriculum designed by the Higher Education Council (HEC), forwarded to all FLE departments in Turkish universities to be carried out starting from 1998-99. This curriculum was also used for pre-service English language teacher education in the Department of Foreign Language Education at Middle East Technical University (METU). However, a large scale evaluation study was not conducted on the effectiveness of the program or the competence of its graduates. This study primarily aimed at reaching the FLE graduates from 2002 to 2006 to investigate to what extent they perceive themselves competent as EFL teachers and to what extent they find the FLE program components successful in helping them gain these competencies. Besides, it also intended to reach the employers of FLE graduates to explore how competent these graduates are viewed and how successful METU FLE program is considered in serving its graduates gain teacher competencies. For this aim quantitative and qualitative data were collected through two graduate questionnaires, and graduate and elite employer interviews. The findings of the first graduate questionnaire revealed that the FLE graduates perceived themselves competent in most of HEC&rsquo / s competence areas, while the open-ended questionnaire items and interview data demonstrated a need for improvement for competencies of language knowledge, spoken use of English, classroom management, assessment and instruction. It was also seen in these two types of data that graduates&rsquo / perception of their strengths and weaknesses in HEC&rsquo / s foreign language teacher competencies and their need for developing other competencies depend on the level they teach, the type of school they work at and the length of experience they have. Similarly, some of the employers, according to the institution where they have elite positions, indicated a high level of satisfaction with the FLE graduates&rsquo / competence in language and subject knowledge, inclass and out-of class competencies, while some of them emphasized a need for improvement in competencies of language knowledge and use, and putting theory into practice. In addition, although the program was reported to have a strong and positive role on the development of professional competencies in the teacher candidates, it was also stated that the five components and some courses of the program need revisions in terms of their content, methodology of instruction and assessment. Moreover, the need for communication among the components of the program was also expressed, as the graduates mention unnecessary overlaps among some courses. In the light of these findings, some suggestions are made towards program improvement.

The special learning needs in Initial Teacher Education of international postgraduate students whose own education was linguistically and culturally different to that of New Zealand students are often unacknowledged and under-researched. This qualitative study, based on narrative inquiry, presents case studies of six participants from six different countries, languages and cultures. The findings point to challenges faced by pre-service teacher education students from other languages and cultures. Tensions created by language difficulties, new pedagogies and social and educational cultural differences lead to feelings, at times, of disorientation, heightened “otherness” and unease. Students who are crossing the border between one culture and pedagogical belief system to another require specific support. This study did, however, find evidence of students developing new understandings about teaching and learning. The findings carry implications for the content, delivery and pedagogy of Initial Teacher Education programmes. The introduction of a Foundation Course and a Support Group, modelling of good practice by ITE lecturers using a variety of interactive teaching strategies and targeted reflective practices are suggested. In a time of teacher shortages, changing demographics in schools and the changing nature of university-based ITE it is important that the assumption that one size fits all in ITE all needs to be put aside. From the perspectives of social justice and acceptance of diversity it is timely to pay attention in ITE to the learning of students from other languages and cultures. This study suggests ways of moving towards this goal.

This study was conducted to investigate the change in pre-service teacher education in Turkey by using Chaos Theory. The research questions were the following: 1) How did the 1982 restructuring relate to the 1998 restructuring? (2) What were the reasons for the anomalies that led to the 1998 restructuring? (3) How did the 1998 process of transformation work? (4) At which stage of the curve is the system now? (5) What are the possible paths the new model may evolve? The data sources in this qualitative research study were interviews and documents. The 28 participants of the interviews included some key decision-makers at related institutes and some academic staff at 8 different Education Faculties in Ankara, EskiSehir, Bolu, Adana, and KirSehir. The written documents included some relevant reports, meeting minutes, the proceedings of conferences and panel discussions, research articles, and some articles of four different newspapers in Turkey. A model of &lsquo / Change as Chaotic Transformation&rsquo / was designed by the researcher as a theoretical framework. The data, subjected to a content analysis, revealed that the logic of chaotic transformation has significant implications in investigating and understanding the stability versus instability phases in teacher education affairs in Turkey / roughly 1950s - 1970 (evolution and stability), 1970s (disequilibrium and turbulence), 1982 &ndash / early 1990s (&lsquo / forced stability&rsquo / ), and mid-1990s to 1998 (turbulence and transformation) are significant phases in this sense. The data also revealed that the reasons for the anomalies that led to the 1998 restructuring were in both program and administrative issues. Further, the process of transformation in 1998 was &lsquo / self-organization.&rsquo / It is found that presently the 1998 model is perceived as not yet institutionalized / the achievements in program issues realigned teacher education to its &lsquo / identity&rsquo / , but the path the new model may evolve depends on the clarification and institutionalization of &lsquo / governance&rsquo / and implementing strategies for developing &lsquo / human resources&rsquo / (the teacher educator profile).

Orientadora: Profa. Dra. Thaís Cyrino de Mello Forato / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal do ABC, Programa De Pós-Graduação em Ensino, História, Filosofia das Ciências e Matemática, 2016. / Um dos desafios de se utilizar História e Filosofia da Ciência (HFC) no ensino e aprendizagem de ciências pode estar relacionado à carência de ações mais efetivas na formação dos professores, que lhes forneça subsídios para o prosseguimento de atividades com essa temática (Höttecke & Silva 2011). Partindo desse pressuposto, esta pesquisa busca contribuir na preparação de futuros professores para inclusão da HFC em sua prática. Objetiva-se o desenvolvimento de sua autonomia frente as dificuldades encontradas tanto na localização, como nos usos de materiais com perspectiva historiográfica diacrônica e atual. A proposta didática construída visa mobilizar discussões que abordam aspectos científicos e metacientíficos por meio de um recorte histórico, elaborado a partir dos estudos do engenheiro e físico francês, Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot (1796-1832), publicados em 1824, no qual se discute sobre os possíveis melhoramentos em máquinas térmicas, com intuito de potencializar a produção de força motriz. A metodologia inclui a pesquisa bibliográfica de conteúdos da história das ciências e do ensino de ciências. Além de elementos que se fundamentam na pesquisa qualitativa como suporte para a imersão da pesquisadora no ambiente ao qual a proposta se destina. E o uso de parâmetros, propostos por Forato (2009), que nortearam a construção do recorte histórico, assim como, o desenvolvimento da proposta didática, considerando o contexto de formação inicial de professores. / One of the challenges of using History and Philosophy of Science (HPS) in teaching and learning science can be related to the lack of more effective actions in teacher education, to provide them subsidies to use these topics (Höttecke & Silva 2011). In this perspective, this research aims to contribute to the preparation of future teachers to use HPS in the classroom. This practice can contribute to developing teacher¿s autonomy by overcoming the difficulties presented in material, as in the use of material with diachronic and current historiographical perspective. The didactic proposal aims to mobilize discussions that address scientific and metascientific aspects through a historical approach, developed from the studies of Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot (1796- 1832) French engineer and physician, published in 1824, his work discussed possible improvements in thermal machines, aiming to enhance the production of motive power. The methodology includes a study of his bibliography from the history of science and science education. In addition, we use elements based on qualitative research as a support for the immersion of the researcher in the environment to which the proposal is intended. And the use of parameters proposed by Forato (2009), which guided the construction of the historical episode, as well as the development of the didactic proposal, considering the pre-service teacher training contexts.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:32:45Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2011-07-08Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T19:03:19Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 kanekomarques_sm_dr_sjrp.pdf: 2430187 bytes, checksum: 6acdd42eddf26471908c6678f6cb2c43 (MD5) / Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP) / É desejável que a formação inicial de professores promova a construção de conhecimentos acerca do processo de ensino e aprendizagem de forma a aprimorar a prática pedagógica de tais profissionais, para que possam se tornar autônomos e aptos a construir teorias acerca de sua prática. Para tanto, é necessário favorecer a constante reflexão sobre a prática de ensino, propiciando o início do processo de (re)construção de conhecimentos docentes. Inserida nesse contexto, esta pesquisa teve por objetivo investigar um curso de formação inicial de professores de língua inglesa de uma universidade pública localizada no interior paulista, buscando discutir como se deu o processo de (re)construção da prática pedagógica desses futuros professores em disciplinas referentes à Prática de Ensino e Estágio Supervisionado. Em face dessa perspectiva, objetivou-se verificar como os conhecimentos teórico-práticos se articulavam no processo de (re)construção da prática pedagógica, observando se e como os saberes construídos na formação inicial estavam presentes na prática de ensino de alunos-professores. Buscou-se compreender como eles avaliavam suas ações pedagógicas, que significados poderiam ser atribuídos a essas ações e como eles justificavam as tomadas de decisão e resolução de problemas na prática de ensino realizada nos estágios. Para tanto, foram discutidos dados provenientes de planos de ensino das disciplinas, questionários semiestruturados aplicados aos alunos-estagiários, entrevista com o professor-formador (gravada em áudio), observações de aulas de Prática de Ensino e aquelas ministradas pelos alunos-professores (ambas gravadas em vídeo e/ou áudio) e sessões de visionamento das aulas regidas pelos futuros professores. Por meio dos resultados obtidos, foi possível considerar que a autoavaliação e a reflexão os auxiliaram a compreender... / Pre-service teacher education courses should promote the construction of knowledge concerning language teaching and learning processes in order to optimize teachers’ pedagogical practice, to enable them to become autonomous and to construct theories based on their practice. To attain this goal, it is important to favor continuous reflection about teaching practice, which may initiate a process of pedagogical knowledge (re)construction. Considering these aspects, this research aimed at investigating a pre-service teacher education program in a public university in Sao Paulo state, to discuss how this pedagogical knowledge (re)construction process occurred in a Teaching Practice course. The main goal in this study was to verify how the theoretical/practical knowledge was articulated in the pedagogical knowledge (re)construction process, observing if and how this knowledge constructed in the pre-service teacher education course was present in student-teachers’ teaching practice. In addition to this goal, this research also aimed at understanding how they evaluated their pedagogical actions, the meanings of these actions, and how they justified their decisions and solved problems in their teaching practice. For this reason, data collected included their Teaching Practice course content, student-teachers’ questionnaires, interview with the teacher educator, class observations and reflective sessions. Results indicated that through self-assessment and reflection, future teachers were able to understand their pedagogical actions and to present some propositions to improve English language learning and teaching in different educational contexts, favoring not only their students’ language learning process but also contributing to their own continuous professional development

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:32:45Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2010-08-09Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T19:43:25Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 bonvino_mab_dr_sjrp.pdf: 4712358 bytes, checksum: b406d9a6e463b8b8b594adeeeac67c84 (MD5) / Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP) / Este estudo teve por objetivo analisar a competência lexical na produção oral em inglês como língua estrangeira (ILE) de um grupo de formandos em Letras, tanto em sala de aula como em situações de avaliação. Pretende-se oferecer um panorama da proficiência oral desses futuros professores, com foco no vocabulário, por meio de instrumentos de avaliação da proficiência oral utilizados tanto em situação de sala de aula como em situação de avaliação, para, com base nos resultados da análise do componente lexical, contribuir para o processo de validação dos descritores de vocabulário de um teste de proficiência destinado a professores de ILE, ainda em sua fase de elaboração. Considerando-se que a avaliação de línguas, no domínio da proficiência oral, tem sido amplamente discutida na literatura internacional de Linguística Aplicada, esta pesquisa envolve questões acerca da proficiência necessária para professores de ILE, ingressantes no mercado de trabalho no contexto de ensino e aprendizagem de LE no Brasil. É sabido que o vocabulário se constitui em um dos componentes mais importantes da proficiência em língua estrangeira (STÆR, 2008), no entanto, no que concerne à competência lexical, a maioria dos estudos tem enfocado o conhecimento de vocabulário em vez de seu uso produtivo (HILTON, 2008). Além disso, pouco se sabe sobre a verdadeira relação entre a produção oral de vocabulário e os níveis de proficiência adotados na avaliação de proficiência oral. Diante desta questão, esta pesquisa, realizada em uma universidade estadual paulista, almeja investigar a competência lexical com base na linguagem produzida oralmente tanto em sala de aula como em situações de avaliação. Uma vez que os testes orais dos consagrados exames FCE e IELTS consideram as várias... / The purpose of this study is to discuss the process of assessing vocabulary oral production in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) of students graduating from English Language and Literature BA courses (henceforth Letters courses). It aimed to analyze students‟ oral proficiency based on vocabulary use, in class and in oral test situations, in order to contribute for the validation of the vocabulary descriptors, based on the results from vocabulary analysis of an oral proficiency test which is still being designed and implemented as a test for teachers. Assuming that the assessment of specific language areas within the domain of oral language proficiency has been discussed in a number of studies from the international literature in the field of Applied Linguistics, this research study addresses the issues regarding the proficiency required for pre-service teachers who are preparing to enter the field of ELT in Brazil. In view of vocabulary, assumed as one of the most important components of foreign language proficiency (STÆR, 2008), most studies have focused on vocabulary knowledge rather than on the productive use of vocabulary when it comes to lexical proficiency (HILTON, 2008) and little is known about the actual relationship between vocabulary oral production and speaking proficiency levels. Based on this rationale, this study was carried out in a pre-service teacher education course at a public university in Sao Paulo state and aims at investigating the process of oral production and assessment of the lexical component in class and in oral test situations. Once the oral tests of the high stakes exams FCE and IELTS reflect a view of speaking ability which involves multiple competencies, lexical proficiency was assessed by means of two mock speaking FCE tests, two IELTS mock tests of the speaking... (Complete abstract click electronic access below)

Submitted by Alex Henrique Alves Honorato null (alex_unesp2010@hotmail.com) on 2017-01-13T00:04:36Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Honorato (2016).pdf: 2594550 bytes, checksum: bf557778a16d0cf270f3a04ea7f0e030 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by LUIZA DE MENEZES ROMANETTO (luizamenezes@reitoria.unesp.br) on 2017-01-16T18:49:46Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 honorato_aha_me_rcla.pdf: 2594550 bytes, checksum: bf557778a16d0cf270f3a04ea7f0e030 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-01-16T18:49:46Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 honorato_aha_me_rcla.pdf: 2594550 bytes, checksum: bf557778a16d0cf270f3a04ea7f0e030 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-12-06 / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) / Este trabalho investiga o que licenciandos em Matemática podem expressar, por meio do diálogo, sobre o trabalho com atividades de Modelagem articuladas com o material didático do Estado de São Paulo, no contexto de uma disciplina de Estágio Supervisionado. A pergunta que norteia o desenrolar deste estudo é: O que licenciandos de Matemática comunicam quando vivenciam o desenvolvimento de atividades de Modelagem articuladas com o material didático do estado de São Paulo? Para tanto, a produção dos dados é realizada durante a disciplina “Metodologias de Ensino de Matemática e Estágio Supervisionado I”, a qual está vinculada à matriz curricular do curso de Licenciatura em Matemática, da Universidade Estadual Paulista, campus de São José do Rio Preto. Com isso, os sujeitos são os próprios licenciandos da referida disciplina. A abordagem metodológica que fundamenta a investigação é a de cunho qualitativo e são utilizados como instrumentos metodológicos os diálogos, a vídeogravação, a entrevista semiestrutura e os documentos (compostos pelas atividades desenvolvidas pelos licenciandos). Como resultados, tem-se algumas possibilidades de condução de atividades de Modelagem a partir do material didático, tanto na escolha do tema, no início da atividade, quanto no decorrer dela; algumas alternativas de elaboração de atividades de Modelagem articuladas com Situações de Aprendizagem, presentes em tal material didático; e alguns aspectos favoráveis e justificativas para a utilização de atividades de Modelagem na Educação Básica, bem como alguns obstáculos e algumas resistências e inseguranças para a mesma, a partir das vivências dos licenciandos durante as aulas. / This study investigates what pre-service Mathematics teachers can express, through dialogue, on the working with modeling activities articulated with Sao Paulo State textbooks, in a supervised training course context. The question that guides this study is: What Mathematics is communicate by pre-service Mathematics teachers when they experience the development of modeling activities articulated with the Sao Paulo State textbooks? Therefore, the data production was performed during the course "Mathematics Teaching methodologies and Supervised Training", which is linked to the curriculum of the Mathematics Undergraduation, of Sao Paulo State University, Sao Jose do Rio Preto. Thereby, the research subjects are the graduates in this discipline. The methodological approach used in this research is qualitative following the dialogues, video recording, semi structured interviews and documents (made up of the activities undertaken by the undergraduates). The results show some possibilities of modeling activities through the official textbooks, whether choosing the subject in the beginning of the activity, as during it; some alternatives of elaboration of modeling activities articulated with learning situations, following this educational material; and some favorable aspects and justifications for the use of modeling activities in the Basic Education, as well as some obstacles, resistance and insecurities to this use, according to graduates experiences during class. / CNPq: 130609/2015-3

Orientador: Maria Helena Vieira Abrahão / Banca: José Carlos Paes de Almeida Filho / Banca: Nelson Viana / Banca: Douglas Altamiro Consolo / Banca: Marta Lúcia Cabrera Kfouri Kaneoya / Resumo: É desejável que a formação inicial de professores promova a construção de conhecimentos acerca do processo de ensino e aprendizagem de forma a aprimorar a prática pedagógica de tais profissionais, para que possam se tornar autônomos e aptos a construir teorias acerca de sua prática. Para tanto, é necessário favorecer a constante reflexão sobre a prática de ensino, propiciando o início do processo de (re)construção de conhecimentos docentes. Inserida nesse contexto, esta pesquisa teve por objetivo investigar um curso de formação inicial de professores de língua inglesa de uma universidade pública localizada no interior paulista, buscando discutir como se deu o processo de (re)construção da prática pedagógica desses futuros professores em disciplinas referentes à Prática de Ensino e Estágio Supervisionado. Em face dessa perspectiva, objetivou-se verificar como os conhecimentos teórico-práticos se articulavam no processo de (re)construção da prática pedagógica, observando se e como os saberes construídos na formação inicial estavam presentes na prática de ensino de alunos-professores. Buscou-se compreender como eles avaliavam suas ações pedagógicas, que significados poderiam ser atribuídos a essas ações e como eles justificavam as tomadas de decisão e resolução de problemas na prática de ensino realizada nos estágios. Para tanto, foram discutidos dados provenientes de planos de ensino das disciplinas, questionários semiestruturados aplicados aos alunos-estagiários, entrevista com o professor-formador (gravada em áudio), observações de aulas de Prática de Ensino e aquelas ministradas pelos alunos-professores (ambas gravadas em vídeo e/ou áudio) e sessões de visionamento das aulas regidas pelos futuros professores. Por meio dos resultados obtidos, foi possível considerar que a autoavaliação e a reflexão os auxiliaram a compreender... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: Pre-service teacher education courses should promote the construction of knowledge concerning language teaching and learning processes in order to optimize teachers' pedagogical practice, to enable them to become autonomous and to construct theories based on their practice. To attain this goal, it is important to favor continuous reflection about teaching practice, which may initiate a process of pedagogical knowledge (re)construction. Considering these aspects, this research aimed at investigating a pre-service teacher education program in a public university in Sao Paulo state, to discuss how this pedagogical knowledge (re)construction process occurred in a Teaching Practice course. The main goal in this study was to verify how the theoretical/practical knowledge was articulated in the pedagogical knowledge (re)construction process, observing if and how this knowledge constructed in the pre-service teacher education course was present in student-teachers' teaching practice. In addition to this goal, this research also aimed at understanding how they evaluated their pedagogical actions, the meanings of these actions, and how they justified their decisions and solved problems in their teaching practice. For this reason, data collected included their Teaching Practice course content, student-teachers' questionnaires, interview with the teacher educator, class observations and reflective sessions. Results indicated that through self-assessment and reflection, future teachers were able to understand their pedagogical actions and to present some propositions to improve English language learning and teaching in different educational contexts, favoring not only their students' language learning process but also contributing to their own continuous professional development / Doutor

Dissertação(mestrado)-Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação Ambiental, Instituto de Educação, 2010. / Submitted by Luize Santos (lui_rg@hotmail.com) on 2012-07-11T20:00:49Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Diana Paula Salomo de Freitas.pdf: 965776 bytes, checksum: 5728d212a7e8267a0b3f04c52f94a404 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Bruna Vieira(bruninha_vieira@ibest.com.br) on 2012-07-28T19:50:36Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Diana Paula Salomo de Freitas.pdf: 965776 bytes, checksum: 5728d212a7e8267a0b3f04c52f94a404 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2012-07-28T19:50:36Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Diana Paula Salomo de Freitas.pdf: 965776 bytes, checksum: 5728d212a7e8267a0b3f04c52f94a404 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010 / A presente dissertação objetivou compreender o processo de formação continuada do grupo MIRAR1, a fim de favorecer a constituição de Comunidades Aprendentes de professores educadores ambientais em processos de formação, que considerem os sujeitos em sua integralidade. Adota-se como perspectiva teorias histórico-sociais, com valorização especial dos discursos sociais e da linguagem como ferramentas culturais vinculadas aos processos de ensinar e aprender. Nos estudos e reflexões do MIRAR desenvolve-se a idéia da articulação da formação permanente com o desenvolvimento curricular, a partir do Educar pela Pesquisa como referência para o trabalho. Os dados coletados a partir da observação-participante das reuniões semanais do grupo, registradas em diário, juntamente com artigos escritos pelos professores e o registro do planejamento e desenvolvimento de Unidades de Aprendizagem, formaram o corpus de análise dessa pesquisa. A partir da Análise Textual Discursiva identificou-se que o grupo encontra-se num movimento em direção a compreender mais intensamente sobre ser uma Comunidade Aprendente, estando os professores mutuamente engajados nos empreendimentos conjuntos do grupo, tais como a sua participação nas reuniões do MIRAR, escrita de um texto para o VIII Encontro sobre Investigação na Escola e registro das Unidades de Aprendizagens. Os repertórios compartilhados para a realização das atividades do grupo foram a fala, a escrita a leitura, a escuta e o ambiente virtual de aprendizagem. O grupo apresentou evidências de que entendia o aprendizado como aspecto central de sua prática, o que indica que os professores do grupo aprendiam a ser professores enquanto também aprendiam a ser comunidade. A triangulação dos dados do corpus de análise buscou expressar o que os professores pensaram e falaram no grupo e o que eles registraram sobre suas ações, indicando, também desse modo, a potencialidade do registro escrito, como ferramenta que permite que os professores percebam o que a formação do grupo vem conseguindo produzir. Ainda, as práticas dos professores evidenciaram atividades que consideraram os sujeitos do processo educativo em sua inteireza, trabalhando além de sua dimensão técnica, mas também sua dimensão estética. Essa pesquisa vem também anunciar uma proposta de formação que vem ao encontro das constatações presentes em muitas dissertações e teses da área da Educação Ambiental: a ausência de espaços de formação de professores e a falta de tempo para reuniões em um grupo que se proponha a repensar a prática pedagógica. Propõe-se também a partir dessa pesquisa que as dimensões estética, ética e política, também sejam consideradas em propostas formativas e, para tanto, sejam também incentivadas a criação e o desenvolvimento de metodologias que trabalhem nesse sentido, como uma oportunidade que venha contribuir com as práticas da educação ambiental. / This thesis aims at comprehending the in-service teacher education process in the MIRAR2 project, in order to favor the constitution of Learning Communities for teachers and environmental educators in a process which values subjects as a whole. Historicalsocial theories have been adopted and social discourses and language get special emphasis as cultural tools linked to teaching and learning processes. MIRAR’s studies and reflections implement the idea of the articulation between in-service education and curriculum development in which Teaching through Research becomes a reference. Data was collected in the participative action during the weekly meetings the group had, besides in papers written by teachers and the record of the planning and the development of Learning Units; they were the corpus of the research analysis. The Discursive Textual Analysis identified the group in this project as a Learning Community: teachers are committed to the group’s projects such as MIRAR’s meetings, a paper written for the VIII Encontro sobre Investigação na Escola, a seminar about school investigation, and the reports of the Learning Units. Speeches, writing, reading and listening tasks, as well as the on-line learning environment, were the activities shared by the group. The group showed evidence that learning was understood as a central issue in their practice, which means that the teachers belonging to this group learned to be teachers and learned to be a community, at the same time. Data triangulation aimed at expressing what the teachers thought and spoke about in the group and what they had written down regarding their actions; thus, they showed the potential of a written record, a tool which enables teachers to perceive what group education can yield. Besides, teachers’ practices also highlighted the activities that considered the subject as a whole. Therefore, both their technical and aesthetic dimensions were also considered. This research presents a proposal for teacher education which agrees with facts presented in several theses and dissertations in Environmental Education, i.e., the lack of spaces for teacher education and the lack of time for meetings in which a group is willing to re-think their pedagogical practice. It also suggests that the aesthetic, ethical, and political dimensions should be taken into account in educational proposals. Therefore, methodologies which believe in it should be developed and applied in order to contribute to the environmental education practices.

Grupos colaborativos de professores e tutorias individuais nas escolas são modelos de formação continuada que podem ser alternativas aos tradicionais cursos oferecidos aos professores. Nossa pesquisa teve o objetivo de investigar como a colaboração e a tutoria auxiliam no desenvolvimento profissional de um grupo de professores de Química. Constituímos um grupo colaborativo de professores de Química na região sul de São Paulo/SP, em 2012, e investigamos o processo de desenvolvimento profissional experimentado por eles. Realizamos trinta e oito encontros do grupo colaborativo entre os anos de 2012 e 2015 aos sábados de manhã, sendo que selecionamos doze deles para a análise. Dentre os vinte e quatro professores que participaram do grupo colaborativo, foram investigados os seis mais assíduos, sendo que três dos professores investigados também participaram de encontros individuais de tutoria em suas escolas. A coleta de dados envolveu gravações dos encontros do grupo colaborativo em vídeo, gravações em áudio das tutorias, questionários, notas de campo, entrevistas semiestruturadas e um protocolo de observação de aulas. Foram realizados e analisados, ao todo, vinte e três encontros individuais de tutorias. No grupo colaborativo e nas tutorias, os professores definiram os conteúdos que queriam discutir e as atividades que gostariam de realizar. Nossa participação tinha como objetivo promover a reflexão sobre as experiências de ensino e sobre as atividades apresentadas pelos professores. O desenvolvimento profissional foi analisado considerando as necessidades formativas dos professores de ciências que foram priorizadas pelos sujeitos da pesquisa, os obstáculos ao desenvolvimento profissional que eles manifestaram e suas intenções comportamentais quanto à contextualização, experimentação e interação dialógica nas aulas. Nossos resultados mostraram que tanto o grupo colaborativo quanto a tutoria são modos eficazes de promoção do desenvolvimento profissional, pois possibilitaram que os professores rompessem o isolamento profissional, compartilhassem experiências de ensino, refletissem sobre os problemas vivenciados em suas aulas, construíssem colaborativamente soluções e modificassem concepções educacionais. Os resultados ainda indicam que essas estratégias são complementares e que o grupo colaborativo pode alcançar resultados melhores quando mediado por um formador. Embora os professores tenham refletido bastante sobre o ensino e a aprendizagem de conceitos químicos e sobre atividades didáticas para seu ensino, eles pouco se envolveram em discussões sobre avaliação e sobre aspectos pedagógicos mais teóricos, que poderiam contribuir também para seu desenvolvimento profissional. / Collaborative groups and individual tutoring in schools are models of in-service teacher education that may be an alternative to traditional courses. Our research aimed to investigate how collaboration and tutoring can help teachers in their professional development. Twenty-four Chemistry teachers gathered, on Saturday mornings, in a school located at the South area of São Paulo city, in Brazil, during thirty-eight collaborative meetings, from 2012 to 2015. We selected twelve meetings in order to analyze the professional development process experienced by these teachers. We also investigated the ideas of the six assiduous teachers, and three of them who attended individual mentoring meetings at their schools. Data collection took place from 2013 to 2015 by video recordings of collaborative group meetings, audio recordings of tutoring, surveys, field notes, semi-structured interviews and a protocol to classes\' observation. We also carried out and analyzed twenty-three individual tutorial meetings held with three teachers. During the collaborative meetings and tutoring, secondary teachers were responsible for define discussion contents, and activities they would like to do. The tutor\'s aimed was to promote teachers\' reflection on self-teaching experiences and school activities. The professional development process was analyzed taking into account pedagogical content knowledge, obstacles to achieve professional development, behavioral intentions regarding to teaching context-based approach, experimentation, and dialogic interaction among students and teacher. The results showed that both collaborative group and tutoring were effective ways to promote teachers\' professional development, since they allowed educators to overcome their professional isolation, share teaching experiences, reflect on problems experienced in their classes, solve problems collaboratively and modify educational conceptions. The results also indicated that both strategies, collaborative groups and tutoring, are integrated. The collaborative group can achieve better results by means of mediated action of a more experienced Science educator. Although teachers were able to reflect on teaching and learning chemical concepts and pedagogical activities, they were poorly engaged in discussions about assessment and teaching-learning theories.