Straddling the Continental Divide, from the Chuska Mountains to the San Juan and Little Colorado rivers, mostly in Arizona, but partly in New Mexico and Utah, lies 23,574 square miles of desert; home to the estimate l75 to 90 thousand Navajo Indians. Unable to more than eke out a bare existence in a barren land where almost 30 acres of range are needed to sustain one sheep, unprepared after generations of isolation and neglect to leave this reservation for areas where a descend standard of living can be had, the Navajos, since 1950, have been the object of a "crash" program of rehabilitation by the United states Government.

An abundance of research exists on youth at risk of school failure; however, in-depth qualitative studies that examine the perspectives of youth in Canadian schools are limited (Thiessen & Cook-Sather, 2007). In the spring of 2014, 12 youth from alternative schools and special programs, in one Saskatchewan urban setting, were interviewed. Rich qualitative data was gleaned from interviews to understand: What factors are most relevant to the success or failure in school for youth at risk? The term, at risk was defined for the purpose of this study based on attendance in an alternative school or special program verses a mainstream school. Alternative schools and special programs are designed to support youth struggling with a variety of issues that can stand in the way of school completion. These schools and programs support youth with a variety of concerns, including, but not limited to: truancy, behaviour, mental health, addictions, and other risk enhancing factors that exist in student’s personal lives (Cuddapah, Masci, Smallwood, & Holland, 2008; McCann & Austin, 1988). The participants in this study reflected on their needs, shared their school experiences, and made suggestions. Through an analysis of the interviews eight factors emerged as being relevant to success or failure in school: teachers, the work, relationships to staff in schools, supports in the school, school and classroom environment, peers, mental health and addictions, and transitions. Based on the eight factors, suggestions are made for schools to support the needs of those most at risk of school failure.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:24:18Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2010-09-02Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T19:51:50Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 vilaronga_car_me_rcla.pdf: 1671584 bytes, checksum: 974fa56de9a3ef5f1f94b6d6eba1be5f (MD5) / O estudo focaliza a função autor (FOUCAULT, 1969) no material didático do PEC-Formação Universitária, programa de formação superior em serviço dirigido a professores dos anos iniciais da Educação Básica. Tem-se em vista identificar o papel que os autores dos textos desempenharam na produção das práticas formativas daquele programa, oferecendo elementos para a discussão do lugar que a universidade e seus especialistas ocupam nas políticas atuais de formação de professores. Um dos pontos de análise é a identificação de aspectos presentes no encontro – cada vez mais freqüente no contexto de universitarização do magistério - entre a cultura acadêmica e a cultura docente. Programas especiais como o PEC-Formação Universitária têm formado, em nível superior, um grande contingente de professores que já exerciam a profissão, oferecendo inclusive inspiração para a emergência de novas modalidades de formação docente, baseados na utilização de mídias interativas e outros recursos da educação a distância. Segundo os dados reunidos por esta pesquisa, os autores dos textos veiculados em programas especiais como o PEC desempenham importante papel, à medida que sua atuação integra-se aos processos de legitimação de certos discursos e mesmo desse modelo de formação docente. De sua parte, esses autores deparam-se com o desafio de escrever para professores dos anos iniciais, uma novidade para muitos deles. Os dados aqui reunidos nos permitem perceber que, mesmo neste momento, em que a universidade reclama para si a responsabilidade pela formação dos professores, as ações e as práticas relacionadas a esse tipo de formação não são muito valorizadas no meio acadêmico. Oferecem indícios, também, sobre as maneiras como a universidade e os sujeitos que nela atuam são atingidos pelo contexto atual de universitarização e profissionalização... / The study focuses on the author function (FOUCAULT, 1969) in the teaching material of PEC – Formação Universitária (Program of Continuing Education – University Level), a program for early years teachers of Basic Education. It will identify the role of the texts‟ authors in the production of training practices in the program, offering elements to discuss the university and its experts‟ participation in the current policies for teacher education. One of the points to be analyzed is the identification of issues at the meeting – increasingly frequent in the context of teachers‟ universitarization – between the academic culture and the teaching culture. Special programs such as PEC have formed, in college degree, a large contingent of teachers who already work, offering inspiration for new teacher education‟s models, based on the use of interactive media and other resources from distance education. According to data gathered by this research, the texts‟ authors who participate in special programs such as PEC play an important role, as part of the legitimation process of certain speeches and even this teacher training‟s model. The authors are faced with the challenge of writing for early years teachers, something new for many of them. The data gathered here allow us to realize that, even now, when university claims for itself the responsibility for training teachers, the actions and practices related to such training are not highly valued in academic area. They also offer evidences about the way that university and people who works in it are affected by the current context of teachers‟ universitarization and professionalization. The study was conducted in a qualitative approach, based on the analysis of documents concerning the focused program and semi-structured interviews. The research is part of the FAPESP Thematic Project Special programs for teachers... (Complete abstract click electronic access below)

The purpose of this research is to analyze characteristics and motivators among alumni of the Community Involvement Program (CIP) for donating to the University of the Pacific. The research questions were: (1) what are the characteristics and motivators of CIP alumni for donating to the University of the Pacific? (2) do the characteristics and motivators influencing decisions to donate vary across minority ethnic groups? This research was conducted using a quantitative method to learn the challenges and motivators for alumni of a special program for minority students to donate to their alma mater, a private university. CIP was established in the late 1960s to answer the call of educating minority and other non-traditional university students from the local community. CIP supports non-traditional, first generation, and low-income students at the university through scholarships, academic support and social activities. This study opened a discussion about differences in ethnicities for alumni donations, finding that African Americans are more likely than other minorities to contribute. It also discovered that CIP alumni are very connected to their university and that there is a positive relationship between communications and contributing. In particular, there was a positive significant relationship between receiving a phone call from Pacific asking for donations and motivations to contribute. On the other hand, this population is balancing the expense of paying back loans, raising children and contributing to other community groups with their ability to contribute to Pacific. These findings point to new financial partners for Pacific and for CIP, as well as important ways to connect with these alumni. However, in the current economic (2009) conditions and for a group who is likely to fall squarely within the middle class, Pacific will need to balance its own efforts to gain addition contributions from CIP alumni with the community's needs for these same dollars. Pacific is likely to find that long-term projects, in which all departments collaborate to enhance the connections of alumni with all aspects of the campus, are likely to return the greatest value on those investments.

The purpose of this study was to develop and test a model which addresses special education program evaluation needs. As such, the focus was on development. Often development and research are seen as one (e.g., Department of R & D; Director of R & D). They are, however distinctively different in process and product. The model developed provides general and special education leaders responsible for providing special education services with high quality data and procedures for decision making related to special education. Providing special education services is a complex responsibility. Not only are critical lifelong decisions related to students and their parents made, but there are stringent federal laws, complex state agency policies, detailed financial and programmatic reporting requirements, and often linkages to a variety of outside professionals and service provider agencies and organizations. There is a need for an effective program evaluation model useful to the uniqueness of special education. A variety of program evaluation models have been used in education and other organizational environments (e.g., Mabry, 2002; Patton, 2002; Posavac & Carey, 2003; Renger & Titcomb, 2002; Warburton, 2003). But, their application to special education has been limited and often ineffective or inefficient to address the evaluation needs of special education. This evaluation model development utilized the best of knowledge and procedures of existent evaluation models and adapted them to the uniqueness of special education. The special education evaluation model developed named Program Effectiveness in Special Education (PEiSE) identified espoused and in-use actions in a school district. This information with analysis, discussions, and data provided powerful special education information. To form the structure of the model, PEiSE utilized aspects of the CIPP Evaluation Model developed by Stufflebeam (2002), Logic Framework Model (Suchman, 1967), and the Utilization-Focused Evaluation Model (Patton, 1978). The process brought a number of within the district (Brunner & Guzman, 1989) and outside the district stakeholders into the development process which provided an expertise enhancing model effectiveness (Eisner, 1983). Information gathered from all stakeholders came in various forms and contained data acquired with little or no bias in the instruments or process used (Scriven, 1974; Provus, 1971; Cronbach, 1981; Stake, 1973). These processes not only had potential to improve the special education programs but also to improve the evaluation process itself (Eraut, 1984). The model also considered the limitations of resources of special education services (Stufflebeam, 1971; Tripodi, Pellin, & Epstein, 1971; Gold, 1988). Finally the process proved instrumental in bringing the primary discipline of general education and the complementary discipline of special education physically, philosophically and practically together for the benefit and improvement of services to all students. In conceptualizing the process, a flowchart of events was developed utilizing the form and philosophy of existing best practices in evaluation models and the foundational theory of organizational and program improvement and effectiveness (Argyris & Schon, 1974) PEiSE required the development of plans to reduce or eliminate discrepancies between what practices are espoused and what are actually in-use by practitioners. The PEiSE process included twelve phases: Point of Contact; Scope of Evaluation; Identify Formal Decision Makers; Structured Interviews with Formal Decision Makers; Compose List of Best Practices with Definitions; Formal Decision Makers Meeting/Approval of Best Practices List; Compose Espoused/In-Use Questionnaire; Collect/Analyze Questionnaire/Supportive Data; Recommendations for Action; Generate Action Plans Designed to Reduce or Eliminate Discrepancies; Execute Action Plans; and Measure Progress. An emphasis throughout PEiSE was that change is a necessary and welcomed part of organizational effectiveness as well as an integral part of organizational learning (Argyris & Schon, 1974). PEiSE guided administrators through the process of clearly articulating the change needed with development and implementation of action plans for change. PEiSE facilitated bringing together general and special education in a mutually beneficial manner to improve the quality and success of services to students with special needs. Specific differences in community and school district approaches to responding to compliance and intent of local, state, and federal regulations and initiatives are managed in the model developed. PEiSE was tested in a large, suburban school district. The testing indicated the model’s potential to: 1) advance evaluation of special education; 2) suggest new collaborative models for general and special education; 3) identify needed areas of research on evaluation, organization, issues of responsibilities, and professional expertise; 4) identify needed areas of pre-service and continuing professional preparation and development; 5) promote researched based programs related to student success. It was recommended that PEiSE include an additional phase of practitioner input on concerns and complaints of existing espoused best practices with suggestions or recommendations for different practices the district should consider. / text

Com a promulgação da Lei de Diretrizes e Bases da Educação Nacional (LDBEN), de 1996, e impulsionado pela chamada Década da Educação (1997 2007), desencadeou-se um movimento caracterizado pelo desenvolvimento de diversos convênios entre as Secretarias de Educação, universidades públicas e privadas e fundações, com o intuito de certificar em nível superior professores com formação em nível médio. Nesse cenário, intensificou-se a oferta dos Programas Especiais de Formação Docente, sendo assim nomeados em decorrência de seu caráter temporário, avançando as problematizações que os atrelavam às políticas e reformas de cunho neoliberal. Mostravam-se escassas, porém, as reflexões sobre as implicações desse modelo de formação para as trajetórias docentes, colocando-nos diante das seguintes questões: Os Programas Especiais trouxeram implicações para as trajetórias profissionais? O que ficou de mais significativo da experiência de participação em um Programa Especial? Essas foram algumas das indagações que nortearam esta investigação que busca conhecer os efeitos da formação em um Programa Especial nas trajetórias profissionais de suas egressas. Para responder a elas, foi tomado como referente empírico uma das experiências pioneiras realizadas em São Paulo nos âmbitos estadual e municipal: o PEC. Esta pesquisa foi estruturada em três etapas: (1) revisão bibliográfica e sistematização de materiais sobre o Programa Especial, (2) aplicação de questionário para composição do perfil do grupo e apreensão dos processos de formação no PEC e seus desdobramentos, e (3) realização de entrevistas para compreensão dos efeitos da formação para as professoras participantes do Programa. A pesquisa constatou que o Programa Especial investigado produziu efeitos nas trajetórias docentes em três direções: os efeitos imediatos, os efeitos prolongados e os efeitos adversos. Como efeitos imediatos entendem-se as repercussões mais evidentes à formação no Programa Especial, como a aquisição do diploma de nível superior e a ampliação do repertório teórico em decorrência da formação. Os efeitos prolongados contemplaram mudanças nas posturas/perfis docentes e a continuidade dos estudos, como reverberação do Programa às trajetórias profissionais. Os efeitos adversos referiram-se à desvalorização, desgaste e sobrecarga de trabalho docente, a despeito da formação realizada. Concebida como uma das principais estratégias à melhoria da qualidade do ensino e solução para os males da educação, a formação, nesses casos, gerou efeitos adversos, como o consumo intensificado de cursos em rotinas exaustivas. Aspectos opostos aos esperados à profissão docente quando se investe em atividades formativas. / With the promulgation of the 1996 National Education Guidelines and Framework Law (LDBEN), and driven by the so-called Education Decade (1997 2007), a movement took place characterized by the establishment of several agreements between the Secretariats of Education, public and private universities, and foundations, with the intent of giving higher education certification to teachers hitherto graduated at secondary school level. Within this context, the offer of Special Programs of Teacher Education so called because of their temporary nature was intensified, bringing with it a whole range of problems that tied them to policies and reforms of a neoliberal inspiration. Reflections about the implications of this education model on teachers professional trajectories were, however, thin on the ground, bringing us face-to-face with the following questions: Were there implications of the Special Programs to teachers professional trajectories? What were the most significant results of teachers experience of participation in a Special Program? These were some of the issues that helped to guide this investigation with the objective of learning about the effects of the participation in a Special Program upon the professional trajectories of its alumni. To answer those questions the empirical basis was taken to be one of the pioneering experiences carried out in São Paulo both at the state and at municipal levels: the PEC. This research was therefore structured in three stages: (1) bibliographic review and systematization of materials about the Special Program, (2) application of a questionnaire to construct the group profile and to capture the training processes of the PEC and of its unfolding activities, and (3) conduction of interviews to understand the effects of the formation for teachers that took part in the Program. The study observed that the Special Program investigated produced effects in the teaching trajectories of its alumni that can be categorized under three headings: immediate effects, long-term effects and adverse effects. As immediate effects, we have the more evident consequences of the participation in the Special program, such as the acquisition of a higher education certificate and the expansion of the teachers theoretical repertoire. Long-term effects included changes in the teachers attitudes/profiles, and the continuity of their studies as a byproduct of the Program for their professional trajectories. The adverse effects were related to the devaluation, erosion and overloading of their teaching activities, in spite of the training received. Conceived as one of the main strategies to improve the quality of teaching, and as a solution to the flaws of education, formation in these cases produced adverse effects, such as the intensified consumption of courses under exhausting work routines. Aspects opposite to those expected of the teaching profession when one invests in formative activities.

Esta pesquisa investiga a compreensão do professor-orientador sobre as contribuições da escrita autobiográfica no processo de autoformação docente, em programa especial de formação de professores. Identifica e analisa como o professor-orientador mediou a escrita das Memórias no PEC e quais sentidos atribuiu a essa escrita. Tem como referente empírico o Programa Especial de Formação de Professores: PEC-Formação Universitária Municípios destinado a professores da Educação Infantil e séries iniciais do Ensino Fundamental, por sua relevância no âmbito das novas modalidades de formação continuada de professores (realizado de 2003 a 2004). As questões a seguir nortearam a pesquisa: quais as concepções, sentidos e usos que os professores-orientadores atribuem à escrita das Memórias? Como o professor-orientador mediou a escrita das Memórias no PEC? Quais os aspectos que os professores-orientadores identificam na escrita das Memórias que são indícios de que ocorreu um processo autoformativo? As análises tomaram como material duas fontes principais: a) empíricas: entrevistas semiestruturadas com professores-orientadores e b) documentais: material didático de orientação da escrita das Memórias, documentos oficiais do PEC e documentos oficiais referentes à Formação Docente e Educação Básica. O referencial teórico adotado para análise e discussão dos dados, inclui autores que tem refletido sobre a formação docente e escrita autobiográfica com destaque para Nóvoa, Josso, Pineau, Bueno. A partir das análises realizadas, constatou-se que os professores-orientadores entrevistados não tinham experiência com o processo de escrita autobiográfica e que apenas alguns deles compreendiam as potenciais contribuições dessa escrita para autoformação docente; se preocuparam mais efetivamente com os aspectos ortográficos, gramaticais e textuais da escrita, explorando de forma limitada o potencial formativo da escrita autobiográfica; deram prioridade a elaboração do TCC; destinaram à escrita das Memórias papel secundário e deixaram a cargo do professor-tutor a condução dessa escrita; atribuíram o processo reflexivo e a melhoria da prática dos alunos-professores às atividades do programa em geral e não especificamente à escrita das Memórias. Conclui-se, a partir do relato dos professoresorientadores, que a utilização da escrita das Memórias no PEC obedeceu à lógica das outras atividades e disciplinas realizadas no programa e não a lógica da escrita autobiográfica como proposto pelo grupo de Genebra (Pineau, Josso, Marie-Michèle), o que demonstra uma preocupação do programa com os conteúdos e com uma formação de um perfil de professor considerado ideal. / This research investigates the teacher-advisors understanding of the contributions of autobiographical writing in the process of self-teaching in special training program for teachers. It identifies and analyzes how the teacher-advisor mediated the writing of the Memories at PEC and the meanings attributed to this writing. Its empirical reference is the Programa Especial de Formação de Professores: PEC-Formação Universitária Municípios to teachers of kindergarten and first grades of elementary school, for its relevance within the scope of new types of continuing education for teachers (held from 2003 to 2004). The following questions guided the research: what are the concepts, meanings and uses that teachers-advisors attribute to the writing of the Memories? How did the teacheradvisor mediate the writing of the Memories at PEC? What are the aspects that the teachersadvisors identify in the writing of the Memories, which are indications that there was a selfformation process? The analysis took as material two main sources: a) empirical: semistructured interviews with teachers-advisors and b) documentation: teaching material to guide the writing of the memories, official documents from PEC and official documents related to Teacher Training and Basic Education. The theoretical approach for analysis and discussion of data includes authors who have reflected on teacher training and autobiographical writing with emphasis on Nóvoa, Josso, Pineau, Bueno. From the analysis carried out it was noticed that the teachers-advisors interviewed: had no experience with the process of autobiographical writing and only a few of them understood the potential contributions of this writing for selfeducation of teachers; worried more effectively with spelling, grammar and textual aspects of the writing, exploring the training potential of autobiographical writing in a limited way; gave priority to the development of TCC; gave a secondary role to the writing of the Memories and let the teacher-advisor conduct this writing; attributed the reflective process and the improvement of the reflective practice of the student teachers to the program\'s activities in general and not specifically to the writing of the Memories. It can be concluded from the report of the teachers-advisors that the use of the writing of the Memories at PEC followed the logic of other activities and courses taken during the program and not the logic of autobiographical writing as proposed by the group from Geneva (Pineau, Josso, Marie- Michèle), which demonstrates a concern for the contents and for a training program of a teachers profile considered to be ideal.

Orientador: Flavia Medeiros Sarti / Banca: Samuel de Souza Neto / Banca: Belmira Oliveira Bueno / Resumo: O estudo focaliza a função autor (FOUCAULT, 1969) no material didático do PEC-Formação Universitária, programa de formação superior em serviço dirigido a professores dos anos iniciais da Educação Básica. Tem-se em vista identificar o papel que os autores dos textos desempenharam na produção das práticas formativas daquele programa, oferecendo elementos para a discussão do lugar que a universidade e seus especialistas ocupam nas políticas atuais de formação de professores. Um dos pontos de análise é a identificação de aspectos presentes no encontro - cada vez mais freqüente no contexto de universitarização do magistério - entre a cultura acadêmica e a cultura docente. Programas especiais como o PEC-Formação Universitária têm formado, em nível superior, um grande contingente de professores que já exerciam a profissão, oferecendo inclusive inspiração para a emergência de novas modalidades de formação docente, baseados na utilização de mídias interativas e outros recursos da educação a distância. Segundo os dados reunidos por esta pesquisa, os autores dos textos veiculados em programas especiais como o PEC desempenham importante papel, à medida que sua atuação integra-se aos processos de legitimação de certos discursos e mesmo desse modelo de formação docente. De sua parte, esses autores deparam-se com o desafio de escrever para professores dos anos iniciais, uma novidade para muitos deles. Os dados aqui reunidos nos permitem perceber que, mesmo neste momento, em que a universidade reclama para si a responsabilidade pela formação dos professores, as ações e as práticas relacionadas a esse tipo de formação não são muito valorizadas no meio acadêmico. Oferecem indícios, também, sobre as maneiras como a universidade e os sujeitos que nela atuam são atingidos pelo contexto atual de universitarização e profissionalização... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: The study focuses on the author function (FOUCAULT, 1969) in the teaching material of PEC - Formação Universitária (Program of Continuing Education - University Level), a program for early years teachers of Basic Education. It will identify the role of the texts‟ authors in the production of training practices in the program, offering elements to discuss the university and its experts‟ participation in the current policies for teacher education. One of the points to be analyzed is the identification of issues at the meeting - increasingly frequent in the context of teachers‟ universitarization - between the academic culture and the teaching culture. Special programs such as PEC have formed, in college degree, a large contingent of teachers who already work, offering inspiration for new teacher education‟s models, based on the use of interactive media and other resources from distance education. According to data gathered by this research, the texts‟ authors who participate in special programs such as PEC play an important role, as part of the legitimation process of certain speeches and even this teacher training‟s model. The authors are faced with the challenge of writing for early years teachers, something new for many of them. The data gathered here allow us to realize that, even now, when university claims for itself the responsibility for training teachers, the actions and practices related to such training are not highly valued in academic area. They also offer evidences about the way that university and people who works in it are affected by the current context of teachers‟ universitarization and professionalization. The study was conducted in a qualitative approach, based on the analysis of documents concerning the focused program and semi-structured interviews. The research is part of the FAPESP Thematic Project "Special programs for teachers... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Mestre

Esta pesquisa investiga a compreensão do professor-orientador sobre as contribuições da escrita autobiográfica no processo de autoformação docente, em programa especial de formação de professores. Identifica e analisa como o professor-orientador mediou a escrita das Memórias no PEC e quais sentidos atribuiu a essa escrita. Tem como referente empírico o Programa Especial de Formação de Professores: PEC-Formação Universitária Municípios destinado a professores da Educação Infantil e séries iniciais do Ensino Fundamental, por sua relevância no âmbito das novas modalidades de formação continuada de professores (realizado de 2003 a 2004). As questões a seguir nortearam a pesquisa: quais as concepções, sentidos e usos que os professores-orientadores atribuem à escrita das Memórias? Como o professor-orientador mediou a escrita das Memórias no PEC? Quais os aspectos que os professores-orientadores identificam na escrita das Memórias que são indícios de que ocorreu um processo autoformativo? As análises tomaram como material duas fontes principais: a) empíricas: entrevistas semiestruturadas com professores-orientadores e b) documentais: material didático de orientação da escrita das Memórias, documentos oficiais do PEC e documentos oficiais referentes à Formação Docente e Educação Básica. O referencial teórico adotado para análise e discussão dos dados, inclui autores que tem refletido sobre a formação docente e escrita autobiográfica com destaque para Nóvoa, Josso, Pineau, Bueno. A partir das análises realizadas, constatou-se que os professores-orientadores entrevistados não tinham experiência com o processo de escrita autobiográfica e que apenas alguns deles compreendiam as potenciais contribuições dessa escrita para autoformação docente; se preocuparam mais efetivamente com os aspectos ortográficos, gramaticais e textuais da escrita, explorando de forma limitada o potencial formativo da escrita autobiográfica; deram prioridade a elaboração do TCC; destinaram à escrita das Memórias papel secundário e deixaram a cargo do professor-tutor a condução dessa escrita; atribuíram o processo reflexivo e a melhoria da prática dos alunos-professores às atividades do programa em geral e não especificamente à escrita das Memórias. Conclui-se, a partir do relato dos professoresorientadores, que a utilização da escrita das Memórias no PEC obedeceu à lógica das outras atividades e disciplinas realizadas no programa e não a lógica da escrita autobiográfica como proposto pelo grupo de Genebra (Pineau, Josso, Marie-Michèle), o que demonstra uma preocupação do programa com os conteúdos e com uma formação de um perfil de professor considerado ideal. / This research investigates the teacher-advisors understanding of the contributions of autobiographical writing in the process of self-teaching in special training program for teachers. It identifies and analyzes how the teacher-advisor mediated the writing of the Memories at PEC and the meanings attributed to this writing. Its empirical reference is the Programa Especial de Formação de Professores: PEC-Formação Universitária Municípios to teachers of kindergarten and first grades of elementary school, for its relevance within the scope of new types of continuing education for teachers (held from 2003 to 2004). The following questions guided the research: what are the concepts, meanings and uses that teachers-advisors attribute to the writing of the Memories? How did the teacheradvisor mediate the writing of the Memories at PEC? What are the aspects that the teachersadvisors identify in the writing of the Memories, which are indications that there was a selfformation process? The analysis took as material two main sources: a) empirical: semistructured interviews with teachers-advisors and b) documentation: teaching material to guide the writing of the memories, official documents from PEC and official documents related to Teacher Training and Basic Education. The theoretical approach for analysis and discussion of data includes authors who have reflected on teacher training and autobiographical writing with emphasis on Nóvoa, Josso, Pineau, Bueno. From the analysis carried out it was noticed that the teachers-advisors interviewed: had no experience with the process of autobiographical writing and only a few of them understood the potential contributions of this writing for selfeducation of teachers; worried more effectively with spelling, grammar and textual aspects of the writing, exploring the training potential of autobiographical writing in a limited way; gave priority to the development of TCC; gave a secondary role to the writing of the Memories and let the teacher-advisor conduct this writing; attributed the reflective process and the improvement of the reflective practice of the student teachers to the program\'s activities in general and not specifically to the writing of the Memories. It can be concluded from the report of the teachers-advisors that the use of the writing of the Memories at PEC followed the logic of other activities and courses taken during the program and not the logic of autobiographical writing as proposed by the group from Geneva (Pineau, Josso, Marie- Michèle), which demonstrates a concern for the contents and for a training program of a teachers profile considered to be ideal.

Com a promulgação da Lei de Diretrizes e Bases da Educação Nacional (LDBEN), de 1996, e impulsionado pela chamada Década da Educação (1997 2007), desencadeou-se um movimento caracterizado pelo desenvolvimento de diversos convênios entre as Secretarias de Educação, universidades públicas e privadas e fundações, com o intuito de certificar em nível superior professores com formação em nível médio. Nesse cenário, intensificou-se a oferta dos Programas Especiais de Formação Docente, sendo assim nomeados em decorrência de seu caráter temporário, avançando as problematizações que os atrelavam às políticas e reformas de cunho neoliberal. Mostravam-se escassas, porém, as reflexões sobre as implicações desse modelo de formação para as trajetórias docentes, colocando-nos diante das seguintes questões: Os Programas Especiais trouxeram implicações para as trajetórias profissionais? O que ficou de mais significativo da experiência de participação em um Programa Especial? Essas foram algumas das indagações que nortearam esta investigação que busca conhecer os efeitos da formação em um Programa Especial nas trajetórias profissionais de suas egressas. Para responder a elas, foi tomado como referente empírico uma das experiências pioneiras realizadas em São Paulo nos âmbitos estadual e municipal: o PEC. Esta pesquisa foi estruturada em três etapas: (1) revisão bibliográfica e sistematização de materiais sobre o Programa Especial, (2) aplicação de questionário para composição do perfil do grupo e apreensão dos processos de formação no PEC e seus desdobramentos, e (3) realização de entrevistas para compreensão dos efeitos da formação para as professoras participantes do Programa. A pesquisa constatou que o Programa Especial investigado produziu efeitos nas trajetórias docentes em três direções: os efeitos imediatos, os efeitos prolongados e os efeitos adversos. Como efeitos imediatos entendem-se as repercussões mais evidentes à formação no Programa Especial, como a aquisição do diploma de nível superior e a ampliação do repertório teórico em decorrência da formação. Os efeitos prolongados contemplaram mudanças nas posturas/perfis docentes e a continuidade dos estudos, como reverberação do Programa às trajetórias profissionais. Os efeitos adversos referiram-se à desvalorização, desgaste e sobrecarga de trabalho docente, a despeito da formação realizada. Concebida como uma das principais estratégias à melhoria da qualidade do ensino e solução para os males da educação, a formação, nesses casos, gerou efeitos adversos, como o consumo intensificado de cursos em rotinas exaustivas. Aspectos opostos aos esperados à profissão docente quando se investe em atividades formativas. / With the promulgation of the 1996 National Education Guidelines and Framework Law (LDBEN), and driven by the so-called Education Decade (1997 2007), a movement took place characterized by the establishment of several agreements between the Secretariats of Education, public and private universities, and foundations, with the intent of giving higher education certification to teachers hitherto graduated at secondary school level. Within this context, the offer of Special Programs of Teacher Education so called because of their temporary nature was intensified, bringing with it a whole range of problems that tied them to policies and reforms of a neoliberal inspiration. Reflections about the implications of this education model on teachers professional trajectories were, however, thin on the ground, bringing us face-to-face with the following questions: Were there implications of the Special Programs to teachers professional trajectories? What were the most significant results of teachers experience of participation in a Special Program? These were some of the issues that helped to guide this investigation with the objective of learning about the effects of the participation in a Special Program upon the professional trajectories of its alumni. To answer those questions the empirical basis was taken to be one of the pioneering experiences carried out in São Paulo both at the state and at municipal levels: the PEC. This research was therefore structured in three stages: (1) bibliographic review and systematization of materials about the Special Program, (2) application of a questionnaire to construct the group profile and to capture the training processes of the PEC and of its unfolding activities, and (3) conduction of interviews to understand the effects of the formation for teachers that took part in the Program. The study observed that the Special Program investigated produced effects in the teaching trajectories of its alumni that can be categorized under three headings: immediate effects, long-term effects and adverse effects. As immediate effects, we have the more evident consequences of the participation in the Special program, such as the acquisition of a higher education certificate and the expansion of the teachers theoretical repertoire. Long-term effects included changes in the teachers attitudes/profiles, and the continuity of their studies as a byproduct of the Program for their professional trajectories. The adverse effects were related to the devaluation, erosion and overloading of their teaching activities, in spite of the training received. Conceived as one of the main strategies to improve the quality of teaching, and as a solution to the flaws of education, formation in these cases produced adverse effects, such as the intensified consumption of courses under exhausting work routines. Aspects opposite to those expected of the teaching profession when one invests in formative activities.