Academic coaching has demonstrated positive relationships with college students' academic engagement and performance. A university campus in Puerto Rico implemented academic coaching for at-risk students, but the program has not been studied for its impact on student engagement. Guided by self-regulation theory and constructivism, this quasi-experimental study examined differences in engagement and identification of best teaching behaviors between students who experienced academic coaching (n = 115) and those who did not (n = 55). Students completed the Classroom Survey of Student Engagement (CLASSE) before and after the 4-week instructional unit and the Instructor Behavior Checklist (IBC) after the instructional unit. The data from the CLASSE and IBC were analyzed using mixed analysis of variance for engagement activities and student identification of effective teaching practices. There were no significant findings relating academic coaching to engagement; however, the experimental group identified significantly more best teaching practices used by their instructor. A Pearson correlation also yielded a significant positive relationship between students' engagement and the identification of instructor best practices. Based on these findings, a professional development program was created for instructors, which fosters student engagement and learning by encouraging instructor best practices through a classroom coaching model. The findings from this study may promote positive social change by helping to prepare faculty to integrate academic coaching and best teaching practices related to student engagement.

A goal of Natural Sciences education is to ensure that learners become scientifically literate. Scientific literacy refers to learners‟ ability to solve problems that relate to policies and practices that affect the natural world. To achieve this goal, teachers need to ensure that their learners become effective problem solvers. This study explored the nature of teaching and assessment practices for the development of the problem solving skills of Gr 9 Natural Sciences learners and makes recommendations to support teachers in this regard. Quantitative, descriptive, survey research was conducted, by means of a structured questionnaire, with Gr 9 Natural Sciences teachers in the Sedibeng West District (D8) of Gauteng, South Africa. The findings of the study show there is a need for improving teaching and assessment practices for the development of the problem solving skills of Gr 9 Natural Sciences learners. Scientific Inquiry is a process known to develop the problem solving skills of learners. This process requires that learners employ critical and creative thinking as well as Science process skills as they make observations, pose questions, perform research and support the process with experimental evidence obtained from a Scientific Investigation as they search for solutions to problems. Although teachers acknowledge that Scientific Inquiry assists in developing the problem solving skills of learners they appear to have a limited view of the implementation thereof. Instead of using Scientific Inquiry to help learners build scientific theories and models when addressing problems, teachers‟ appear to favour the traditional Scientific Method. This method supports the notion that “doing Science means doing experiments” and problem solving becomes reduced to a sequence of steps performed to reinforce Natural Sciences concept and content objectives. Other problems associated with the implementation of Scientific Inquiry include limited classroom discussions surrounding Scientific Investigations as well as teachers favouring demonstrations instead of learners performing their own Scientific Investigations. Also, resources for Scientific Investigations appear to be in short supply and teachers experience difficulty in managing large class sizes during Scientific Investigations. Gr 9 Natural Sciences teachers invest time and effort in their learners‟ development and show dedication to the task of imparting their Natural Sciences knowledge and skills to their learners. If such teachers were to align their teaching and assessment practices with the process of Scientific Inquiry then a high degree of success would be achieved in developing the problem solving skills of Gr 9 Natural Sciences learners. / MEd (Learning and Teaching), North-West University, Vaal Triangle Campus, 2013

Since the implementation of the latest reform in the education programs of Quebec, the adaptation of teaching has taken on an important place in the concerns of all actors in education. However, this adjustment towards the adoption of teaching practices that require more participation on the part of the pupil is not accomplished so easily, particularly in the field of science and technology (ST). In order to gain a better understanding of these processes of adaptation, it is opportune to question ourselves on the factors and dynamics of interest at stake, especially in disadvantaged environments. Such environments are faced with situations where other difficulties coexist: integration of pupils, lack of interest, problems in classroom management, multi-ethnicity, etc. As a result, such difficulties give rise. to particular limitations, expressed in the form of needs, by pupils and teachers, likely to have a restrictive effect on the adaptation of teaching practices. Accordingly, our research focuses on the needs perceived by teachers in high school ST classrooms in disadvantaged school environments, since they present a privileged means to better understand the processes involved in the adaptation of practices. The adoption of an ecosystemic perspective, centered on these needs and their contribution towards the dynamics of decision-making, enabled us to better apprehend the complexity of these processes in ST classrooms. We were able to identify the needs perceived by teachers by following the methodology of conceptanalysis of needs, and by combining focus groups with the DRAP software. The results account for the large variety of needs to be considered in the equation of adaptation of teaching practices. These needs generally belong to the classroom system (microsystem). For pupils, they are mainly cognitive needs, but for teachers, they pertain to organization and structure. The influence of these needs on the adaptation processes depends on the interpretation by teachers of teaching situations, so much so that a same need can at times be assumed as negative pressure, generating obstacles, or at other times as a positive impulse, facilitating adaptation.

Thesis advisor: Mariela Páez / One third of young children in the United States are Dual Language Learners (DLLs), or children who are learning more than one language in their early years (Child Trends, 2014). An increase in the DLL population and a changing sociopolitical context in early childhood education, including an expansion of services for diverse families, has led to a critical need for early childhood educators to understand how to best serve DLL children and their families (McCabe et al., 2013). Previous research has identified promising practices for teaching young DLLs (e.g. Castro, Espinosa, & Páez, 2011; Tabors, 2008), but additional investigations are needed to better understand and elaborate culturally and linguistically responsive approaches. In particular, more information is needed about how teachers support DLL children in English-dominant classroom contexts, and how practices may vary across different types of preschool programs. The present study investigated specific teaching practices for DLLs in six community-nominated exemplary preschool classrooms across three program types (Head Start, public Pre-K, and private university-affiliated preschool programs) in an urban area of Massachusetts. Grounded in theoretical orientations of knowledge-of-practice (Cochran-Smith & Lytle, 1999) and a critical ecology of the early childhood profession (Miller, Dalli & Urban, 2012), the aim of this qualitative multiple-case study was to learn from community-nominated exemplary teachers about their beliefs and practices for teaching young DLL children. Data collection sources included: interviews with teachers, program directors, and parents; classroom observations and videos; and classroom artifacts. Findings from the study demonstrate that exemplary teachers hold asset-oriented beliefs about bilingualism and diversity, viewing DLL children and families as knowledgeable resources to the community. With these beliefs as a foundation, teachers enact a wide repertoire of practices tailored for DLL children, including: fostering relationships and belonging through embedding home languages and cultural practices in the classroom; emphasizing guided play, co-constructed curriculum, and ongoing observational assessment; and focusing on scaffolding and teaching the English language. Implications for teachers, teacher educators, and policymakers are also discussed.

Cette recherche propose d'étudier la place et le rôle des grandeurs dans la construction des différents domaines mathématiques et de leurs interrelations au collège. Elle s'inscrit dans le cadre de la théorie anthropologique du didactique développée par Yves Chevallard. Une analyse épistémologique des savoirs mathématiques relatifs aux grandeurs nous a permis d'examiner les choix institutionnels et leurs effets sur l'enseignement. Nous complétons ce travail par une étude écologique et praxéologique des programmes, et des documents institutionnels actuels pour caractériser les rapports institutionnels aux grandeurs. Une méthodologie du type clinique est mise en œuvre pour analyser le savoir enseigné concernant les grandeurs dans des classes de 6e et 5e en France. Pour cette étude, nous nous sommes inspirés des travaux de Bronner à propos du numérique pour élaborer un outil, le filtre des grandeurs, qui sert à décrire et analyser les pratiques relatives aux grandeurs au collège. Plus particulièrement, nous nous sommes intéressés aux interrelations entre les grandeurs, le fonctionnel et le numérique en prenant le cas de la proportionnalité, et au fonctionnement interne des grandeurs en étudiant l'espèce de grandeur aire.La recherche met en évidence que l'introduction des grandeurs en tant que domaine d'étude dans les programmes du collège de 2005 crée chez les professeurs des difficultés dans l'intégration des nouvelles technologies et théories pour un enseignement adéquat des grandeurs. De plus, elle montre une certaine stabilisation de la place et la fonction des grandeurs dans la construction d'autres domaines mathématiques, mais met en évidence des difficultés au niveau des interrelations entre ces domaines. / This research aims at studying the place and role of magnitudes in the development of different mathematics fields and in their interrelations at school. Our perspective is that of the Anthropological Theory of the Didactic developed by Yves Chevallard. An epistemological analysis of the mathematical knowledge related to magnitudes allowed us to examine certain institutional choices and their impact on teaching. This work is complemented by an ecological and praxeological study of the curricula, school textbooks and corporate documents to characterize the institutions' relations to magnitudes. A clinical type methodology was used to analyze the knowledge concerning magnitudes taught in grade 6 and 7 in France. This study was inspired by Bronner's work about the numeric to develop a tool - a magnitudes filter - which is used to describe and analyze the practices related to magnitudes at school. In particular, this research focused on the interrelations between the magnitudes, the functional and the numeric in the case of proportionality and on the internal functioning of magnitudes in the case of the area magnitude.As a result, this research shows that the introduction of magnitudes as a study domain in school programs of 2005 creates difficulties among professors in integrating new technologies and theories for an adequate teaching of magnitudes. Moreover, it shows a certain stabilization of the place and role of magnitudes in the development of different mathematics fields, but difficulties concerning the interrelations between these areas.

Trata-se de uma pesquisa sobre a Formação dos Professores nas zonas rural e urbana do Município de Itacoatiara e o Ensino da Geografia escolar, analisando a articulação entre a prática docente e a teoria geográfico-pedagógica, tendo como foco o desenvolvimento da percepção vivida pelos professores e alunos sobre a Geografia. Mostrando uma organização curricular que deve ser entendida como uma ação dos professores para estruturar os conteúdos e conceitos de Geografia. Que possibilitem aos seus aprendizes do Ensino Fundamental construírem meios próprios para superar de forma racional as problemáticas ambientais sociais e culturais que mais lhes incomodam. Os objetivos construídos, a forma como a pesquisa foi realizada, como foram construídas as questões que compõem os questionários justificaram o trabalho como sendo um estudo fenomenológico de caráter qualiquantitativo. A pesquisa desenvolveu-se com a participação de vários professores, que após serem esclarecidos da importância do estudo responderam questionários com questões abertas e fechadas. As análises dos dados se deram da seguinte forma: As questões fechadas foram lidas e analisadas separadamente. Em seguida tiraram-se as idéias centrais das especificações escritas pelos professores, procedendo-se análise das questões fechadas e ao mesmo tempo um confronto das idéias contidas nas questões fechadas marcadas com as idéias que eles defenderam nas suas especificações. As questões abertas foram contadas e lidas separadamente. Após esse processo, tiraram-se as ideias centrais das diferentes falas dos professores em relação a uma mesma questão. De acordo com o percentual de ideias centrais, efetuaram-se a construção dos gráficos e por fim procedeu-se à análise de cada ideia, de acordo com as categorias representadas nos gráficos. Como resultado foi possível observar que, antes do módulo, aqueles docentes concebiam o ensino de Geografia como sendo uma questão exclusivamente relacionada à preservação dos mananciais, à poluição dos igarapés, à limpeza das ruas da cidade e das salas de aula. Possuíam uma representação antropocêntrica, pois não se viam incluídos no ensino da Geografia como possibilidades de compreender qual a sua importância para o meio ambiente. Após o módulo, cinqüenta por cento deles dizem ver o meio ambiente como sendo uma questão também socioambiental e superaram a concepção antropocêntrica. Antes do módulo, cinquenta por cento disseram construir conteúdos a partir do cotidiano, de jornais e revistas, para trabalhar com os estudantes. Após a nossa trajetória com estes professores, esses mesmos docentes dizem ter descoberto muitas outras referências e metodologias para trabalhar a questão do Ensino de Geografia na sala de aula e no cotidiano escolar de seus alunos, no espaço da sala de aula e da escola. Esta pesquisa, a partir dos resultados que apresenta, quer colocar-se à disposição da comunidade científica e dos professores da Educação Básica e do Ensino Superior como contribuição à construção de novas possibilidades investigativas que queiram aventurar-se no universo das concepções do Ensino de Geografia. / This is a research about the Teacher Training in rural and urban areas of the City of Itacoatiara and the teaching of Geography in the school, analyzing the relationship between the practice of teaching and geographical-pedagogical theory, focusing on the development of experienced perception of the teachers and students about geography. Showing that the curriculum organization must be understood as an \"action\" of teachers to structure the content and concepts of geography. That enable their students of elementary school build its own resources in a rational way to overcome the environmental, social and cultural issues that most bother them. The built objectives, how the survey was conducted, the way that the questionnaires were composed justifies this research as having a phenomenological qualitative-quantitative character. The research was developed with the participation of several teachers, who after being informed about the importance of the study filled questionnaires with open and closed questions. The data analysis was made as follow: The closed questions were read and analyzed separately. Then they took the central ideas to the specifications written by teachers, and the analysis of the closed questions was proceeded confronting them with the ideas contained in the closed questions marked with the ideas they advocated in their specifications. The open questions were read and counted separately. After this process, the main ideas of the different speeches of teachers in relation to the same question were highlighted. According to the percentage of core ideas, we produced graphics and finally proceeded to the analysis of each idea, according to the categories represented in the figures. As a result, it was observed that, before the module, those teachers approached the teaching of geography as an issue solely related to the preservation of water sources, pollution of streams, cleaning the city streets and classrooms. They had an anthropocentric representation, because he had not seen included in the teaching of Geography and possibilities to understand which is it\'s importance for the environment. After the module, fifty percent of them said that they see the environment as a socio-environmental issue and also exceeded the anthropocentric conception. Before the module, fifty percent said that build the content from the routine, newspapers and magazines, to work with students. After our work with these teachers, they say they have discovered many other references and methodologies to work the issue of Teaching Geography in the classroom and school life of their students within the classroom and school. This research, based on the results shows that, aims to contribute to the scientific community and the teachers of Elementary Education and Higher Education in order to the construction of new investigative possibilities that want to venture into the world of conceptions of Teaching of Geography.

É nas escolas de negócios que usualmente profissionais da área de administração de projetos buscam aprimoramento, ou mesmo formação para iniciar suas carreiras nesse mercado de trabalho. A partir do conteúdo recebido durante as aulas, é comum ser requerido um trabalho de conclusão de curso, que será considerado como parte dos critérios de avaliação e aprovação do aluno. Em sua experiência de 20 anos como docente, pôde o autor perceber que frequentemente os referidos trabalhos acadêmicos apresentam forte desbalanceamento entre os planos específicos das áreas de conhecimento em gerenciamento de projetos, sendo alguns bem detalhados, outros muito superficiais. Partindo da inquietação intelectual causada por essa observação, este trabalho teve por objetivo estudar os fatores críticos de sucesso para a obtenção de melhores planos de projetos no ambiente acadêmico, propondo melhorias que potencializem o atingimento das expectativas desses alunos. Para tanto, fez-se uma pesquisa de natureza aplicada, com objetivo de caráter exploratório, desenvolvida pelo método qualitativo, com o emprego da pesquisa de dados secundários referentes à 216 trabalhos de conclusão de curso (17,831 páginas), de nove turmas de pós-graduação em gestão de negócios e projetos, o que permitiu identificar quais planos específicos apresentaram melhores e piores desempenhos. A partir dos achados da análise de dados secundários, foi feita uma pesquisa de dados primários, com o emprego da técnica de entrevista semiestruturada, com alunos e docentes especialistas nas áreas de conhecimento em gerenciamento de projetos, a fim de identificar quais fatores são percebidos como mais críticos, considerando-se as dimensões Docente, Aluno, Turma e Instituição de Ensino. Os resultados do estudo permitiram concluir que os planos específicos com piores e melhores desempenhos são, respectivamente, Gestão das Comunicações e Gestão de Escopo e que, dentro da dimensão Docente, dinamismo em sala de aula é fator determinante para o sucesso na experiência de ensino-aprendizagem. De forma geral, entende-se que esta pesquisa pode contribuir para que instituições de ensino superior que oferecem cursos de pós-graduação em gerenciamento de projetos inovem seu conteúdo programático, orientando seus professores no uso dos recursos pedagógicos mais eficazes para ajudar seus alunos a alcançar seu desenvolvimento executivo. / Business schools are usually the place where project managers seek improvement or even basic training to start their careers in this professional field. From the content received during classes, it is common to be requested a term paper, which will be considered as part of the student\'s evaluation and approval criteria. In his 20-year experience as a teacher, the author could perceive that these term papers often present a strong imbalance among their knowledge areas specific plans, some being well detailed, some very. Following the intellectual restlessness triggered by this observation, this paper aimed to study the critical success factors to develop solid project plans within the academic environment, proposing improvements to fulfill student\'s expectations. To get there, it was performed an applied nature research, under exploratory purpose, developed by the qualitative method, relying on the use of secondary data research upon 216 project plans (17,831 pages), term papers of 9 business and project management postgraduate courses, which allowed to identify which specific plans presented great and poor quality. Based on the secondary data analysis findings, a primary data research was carried out using the semi-structured interview technique, with students and expert teachers in the project management knowledge areas, to identify which factors are perceived as critical to success, considering Teaching, Student, Classmates and School dimensions. The research results lead us to conclude that Communications Management and Scope Management are, respectively, the specific plans with the worst and best performances and, within the Teaching dimensions, the dynamism in the classroom is the key success factor in the teaching-learning experience. In general, it is understood that this research can contribute to higher education institutions that offer postgraduate courses in project management to innovate their program content, guiding their teachers in the use the most effective pedagogical resources to help their students to reach their executive development.

Esta dissertação, produzida por um professor que reflete sobre a sua prática em sala de aula, aborda o tema da cidadania e da juventude a partir do Ensino de História. É desenvolvida inicialmente uma pesquisa qualitativa e quantitativa, por meio de um questionário, para recuperar a compreensão de cidadania compartilhada pelos estudantes examinados, alunas e alunos de uma escola pública do município de Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul. Partindo da análise desses dados iniciais, recuperando e examinando as diretrizes e prescrições curriculares e legais sobre o tema, com especial atenção para a leitura da Base Nacional Comum Curricular (BNCC), é proposta a construção conjunta de um Caderno de Textos e Atividades que mobiliza diferentes tipos de temas em torno da discussão sobre cidadania e juventudes, tais como: participação política, educação e cidadania e direitos humanos. Analisa-se o processo de construção deste material que ocorreu de forma compartilhada com os estudantes a partir da noção de aluno-autor e conclui-se com a reflexão do uso deste material em sala de aula, afirmando a importância e a validade dos saberes construídos a partir da sala de aula e da prática docente. / This dissertation, carried out by a teacher reflecting on his practice in classroom, approaches the subject of citizenship and youth from the Teaching of History perspective. Initially, a qualitative and quantitative research was conducted, using a questionnaire, in order to understand the comprehension of citizenship shared by the students of a public school in Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul. From the analysis of the initial data collected, reviewing and examining both curricular and legal guidelines and directives on the subject, and with special attention to the National Common Curricular Basis (BNCC), a collaborative elaboration of a Texts and Activities Notebook is proposed, which mobilizes a range of different topics on the discussion of citizenship and youths (i.e. political participation, education and citizenship, and human rights). The elaboration process, which was accomplished with the students based on a student-author notion, is analyzed and it is concluded with the reflection of its use in classroom, reaffirming the importance and validity of the knowledge built inside the classroom and also through the teaching practice.

Os jovens contemporâneos possuem características diversas, que ao vivenciarem, procuram uma identificação. E são esses jovens que estão presentes no dia a dia das escolas e que, na maioria das vezes, passam despercebidos. A pesquisa trata da categoria juventude e suas relações com o ensino de Geografia, pois se compreende que este pode contribuir de forma significativa, quando o professor busca conhecer seu alunado e a partir daí procura fazer uma interação entre o conhecimento prévio dos alunos e o conhecimento científico do professor. Teve-se como objetivo analisar os sentidos que os jovens alunos da Educação Profissional Integrada ao Ensino Médio atribuem ao ensino de Geografia. O referencial teórico utilizado buscou dialogar com os três eixos da pesquisa: a ciência geográfica, a categoria juventude e o ensino de Geografia. Para alcançar os objetivos propostos foi construído um amplo questionário (com perguntas estruturadas e semi estruturadas), o qual foi dividido em três partes: a) caracterização dos jovens participantes da pesquisa; b) os jovens e suas relações com ensino de Geografia e; c) os jovens e suas relações com a escola e a cidade. A pesquisa foi realizada em 2017, no Campus Porto Nacional do Instituto Federal do Tocantins e o questionário (com as questões estruturadas) foi aplicado nas três turmas de terceiro ano do ensino médio profissionalizante, e as perguntas semiestruturadas foram realizadas por meio do grupo focal, nas referidas turmas. Os resultados foram analisados posteriormente e originaram o texto final da dissertação. Revelam um indicativo de que a Geografia vem, ao longo dos anos, na busca de superar o modelo tradicional, ao tratar dos temas físicos sem desvinculá-los dos aspectos humanos da ciência. Em relação aos jovens contemporâneos, apresentam-se em suas múltiplas identidades e seus diversos pertencimentos e as escolas precisam adaptar seus currículos à realidade dos alunos para que a aprendizagem tenha sentido. Quanto ao ensino de Geografia, ficou evidente que os jovens gostam da disciplina e a reconhecem como importante para a compreensão dos problemas cotidianos. Já em relação a sua escola, os jovens têm uma boa relação, apesar de apontarem alguns fatores que os deixam insatisfeitos, reconhecem a qualidade do ensino. Quanto a sua cidade, se sentem insatisfeitos com a insegurança e a falta de lazer. Percebe-se que a vivência cotidiana dos jovens oferece uma variedade de temas que podem ser trabalhados nas aulas de Geografia e que é necessário avançar neste tipo de pesquisa, pois com as mudanças ocorridas a partir da reforma do ensino médio, novos caminhos devem ser desvendados. / Contemporary young people have different characteristics that, when experiencing, seek an identification. And it is these young people who are present in the day-to-day life of schools and who, for the most part, go unnoticed. The research deals with the youth category and its relation with the teaching of Geography, because it is understood that this can contribute significantly, when the teacher seeks to know his student and from there seeks to make an interaction between the students' previous knowledge and knowledge the teacher. The objective was to analyze the meanings that the young students of Integrated Professional Education at High School attribute to the teaching of Geography. The theoretical reference used sought to dialogue with the three axes of the research: geographic science, the youth category and the teaching of Geography. In order to reach the proposed objectives, a large questionnaire (with structured and semi structured questions) was constructed, which was divided into three parts: a) characterization of the young people participating in the research; b) young people and their relationship with teaching of Geography and; c) young people and their relations with the school and the city. The research was conducted in 2017 at the Porto Nacional Campus of the Federal Institute of Tocantins and the questionnaire (with the structured questions) was applied in the three groups of the third year of secondary vocational education, and the semi-structured questions were carried out through the focus group, in those classes. The results were analyzed later and originated the final text of the dissertation. They reveal an indication that Geography has over the years sought to overcome the traditional model by addressing physical themes without detaching them from the human aspects of science. In relation to contemporary youth, they present themselves in their multiple identities and their diverse belongings and schools need to adapt their curricula to the students' reality so that learning has meaning. As for the teaching of Geography, it was evident that young people like discipline and recognize it as important for understanding everyday problems. In relation to their school, young people have a good relationship, although they point out some factors that make them dissatisfied, they recognize the quality of teaching. As for their city, they feel dissatisfied with insecurity and lack of leisure. It is noticed that the daily life of young people offers a variety of themes that can be worked on in Geography classes and that it is necessary to move forward in this type of research, because with the changes that have occurred since high school reform, new paths must be unveiled.

Esta dissertação tem por objeto estudar as relações entre formação, hábitos de leitura e práticas do ensino de literatura dos professores de português do ensino médio da rede estadual da cidade de São Paulo. Para tanto, optou-se primeiramente por realizar uma pesquisa quantitativa com 87 docentes, a partir da qual procurou-se traçar um perfil médio do professor da rede, levando-se em consideração dados relativos a sua formação, seus hábitos de leitura, sua prática de ensino e aos principais problemas enfrentados. Numa segunda etapa, realizouse uma pesquisa qualitativa a partir de entrevistas com quatro professores dessa mesma rede, de quem também foram observadas aulas de literatura. Na análise desses depoimentos, procurou-se investigar se haveria relações entre a formação a que esses professores tiveram acesso, os hábitos de leitura por eles desenvolvidos, as concepções de literatura desses sujeitos e sua prática de ensino literário. Na combinação dos dois métodos de pesquisa, foram observados indicadores de características socioculturais dos professores num conjunto de ocorrências (quantitativa) e analisados trechos de histórias de vida em profundidade (qualitativa). Dessa forma, buscou-se contrapor a uma configuração geral do perfil médio do professor de português, análises mais complexas de planos individuais. Como resultado, depreende-se que a presença nas famílias de origem de uma ética do correto e da disciplina é determinante no êxito escolar obtido pelos sujeitos pesquisados, que a existência de figuras marcantes do ponto de vista das relações com a leitura e os livros é determinante para seu desenvolvimento como leitores literários e que a consciência de seu próprio processo de formação e da posição que ocupam como sujeitos de suas leituras tem conseqüências na prática de ensino dos professores e em seu posicionamento frente aos alunos. Do ponto de vista teórico, foram levadas em consideração as análises sociológicas desenvolvidas por Pierre Bourdieu e Bernard Lahire, as considerações sobre a História da Leitura (Chartier, Darnton), estudos que definem o leitor crítico (Jauss, Eco) e as reflexões acerca da formação de sujeitos leitores (Rouxel, Baudelot e Cartier). / This dissertation aims at studying the relationship between formation, reading habits and teaching practices of High School Literature teachers from state public schools in the city of São Paulo. For that, at first, a quantitative research was conducted through questionnaires replied by 87 teachers, in order to establish an average profile of the public schools teachers, taking into consideration data related to their formation, reading habits, teaching practices and the main problems faced by them. Secondly, a qualitative research was conducted using four interviews with teachers from the same schools as a reference, their literature lessons were also observed. In the analysis of their statements, it was tried to investigate if there would be relations among the formation they were exposed to, their reading habits, their conceptions of literature and their Literature teaching practices. Through the combination of the two research methods, it was able to observe indicators of the teachers socio-cultural characteristics in a series of occurrences (quantitative) and analyzed exerts of their life stories (qualitative). This way, it was tried to oppose to a general configuration of the average Portuguese teacher, more complex analyses of their individual plans. As a result it seems possible to affirm that the presence in the origin families of a righteous and discipline ethics is determinant in the success achieved by the subjects in schools, that the presence of remarkable subjects in the relationship with reading and the books is determinant for the development of literary readers and that the consistence of his/her own formation process and the position that they stand for as readers have consequences in their practices as teachers and their position towards the students. When it comes to theory, it was taken into consideration, sociological analyses developed by Pierre Bourdieu and Bernard Lahire, considerations on Reading History (Chartier), bibliography on the critical reader (Jauss, Eco) and the reflections on the formation of reading subjects (Rouxel, Baudelot e Cartier).