Ongoing teacher professional development is an essential part of the wellbeing of the schooling system and successful outcomes for students. In the past, teacher professional development has been used to describe an often �top-down� method of training to meet systemic needs while taking little account of teacher's individual needs. This approach often conceptualises the teacher's life as a dichotomy with the personal and the private separated and unrelated. In contrast, teacher professional development in this study is conceptualised as a journey that includes encouraging and discouraging turns. The journey is explored through the experiences of two primary and two secondary drama educators using Hargreaves and Fullan's (1992) organisers: teacher development as knowledge and skill development; teacher development as self understanding and teacher development as ecological change. The study focussed specifically on teachers of drama. Of the four educators two were beginning teachers, one primary and one secondary and two were experienced teachers, one primary and one secondary. The teachers were interviewed over twelve months. Narrative vignettes were developed from the interviews. As the context for these teacher journeys was pivotal, the influences on the teaching of drama in New South Wales were investigated. This included an exploration of the major issues that have influenced the development of drama education both internationally and in Australia. The concluding reflections from this study suggest that there is strong interaction between teachers' personal and professional lives. Teachers' personal circumstances, family histories and schooling backgrounds all have an important influence on their work as teachers. Significantly, issues related to drama education's history and current context reflected these teachers' classroom realities. The teachers argue that they understand their professional development needs best and should have influence and ownership of their own professional development experiences. They found aspects of their tertiary training and teacher induction unsatisfactory. The two beginning teachers in this study struggled to survive the difficulties of their first year and both seriously considered leaving teaching. The teachers describe self understanding through distinct phases of development that are made unique by each teacher's personality and context. The teachers saw subject identity and pedagogy as important to their professional identity. They report that times of crisis often lead to positive changes in their professional development journeys. The ecology for these teachers was made up of several complex issues that are resistant to change and there were a number of impediments reported by the teachers that arise from their teaching ecologies. Two of the teachers have used a change of context to improve their satisfaction and confidence levels. Two teachers described beneficial experiences with supervisors in the school setting. If beneficial ecological change is to occur, education systems must attend to the needs of teachers and provide opportunities to teach unimpeded by systemic obstacles. The study calls for changes in professional development and for the recognition of the multilayered nature of the teachers' journey. The study calls for a reconceptualisation of teacher professional development that recognises each teacher's ecology and self understanding. The renewed impetus for arts education will only be successful if the complexity of the teachers' journey is recognised and systemic obstacles are removed.

Ongoing teacher professional development is an essential part of the wellbeing of the schooling system and successful outcomes for students. In the past, teacher professional development has been used to describe an often �top-down� method of training to meet systemic needs while taking little account of teacher's individual needs. This approach often conceptualises the teacher's life as a dichotomy with the personal and the private separated and unrelated. In contrast, teacher professional development in this study is conceptualised as a journey that includes encouraging and discouraging turns. The journey is explored through the experiences of two primary and two secondary drama educators using Hargreaves and Fullan's (1992) organisers: teacher development as knowledge and skill development; teacher development as self understanding and teacher development as ecological change. The study focussed specifically on teachers of drama. Of the four educators two were beginning teachers, one primary and one secondary and two were experienced teachers, one primary and one secondary. The teachers were interviewed over twelve months. Narrative vignettes were developed from the interviews. As the context for these teacher journeys was pivotal, the influences on the teaching of drama in New South Wales were investigated. This included an exploration of the major issues that have influenced the development of drama education both internationally and in Australia. The concluding reflections from this study suggest that there is strong interaction between teachers' personal and professional lives. Teachers' personal circumstances, family histories and schooling backgrounds all have an important influence on their work as teachers. Significantly, issues related to drama education's history and current context reflected these teachers' classroom realities. The teachers argue that they understand their professional development needs best and should have influence and ownership of their own professional development experiences. They found aspects of their tertiary training and teacher induction unsatisfactory. The two beginning teachers in this study struggled to survive the difficulties of their first year and both seriously considered leaving teaching. The teachers describe self understanding through distinct phases of development that are made unique by each teacher's personality and context. The teachers saw subject identity and pedagogy as important to their professional identity. They report that times of crisis often lead to positive changes in their professional development journeys. The ecology for these teachers was made up of several complex issues that are resistant to change and there were a number of impediments reported by the teachers that arise from their teaching ecologies. Two of the teachers have used a change of context to improve their satisfaction and confidence levels. Two teachers described beneficial experiences with supervisors in the school setting. If beneficial ecological change is to occur, education systems must attend to the needs of teachers and provide opportunities to teach unimpeded by systemic obstacles. The study calls for changes in professional development and for the recognition of the multilayered nature of the teachers' journey. The study calls for a reconceptualisation of teacher professional development that recognises each teacher's ecology and self understanding. The renewed impetus for arts education will only be successful if the complexity of the teachers' journey is recognised and systemic obstacles are removed.

This thesis researched what characteristics of a training course influenced participants’ professional practice. The training this study evaluated was MarylandOnline’s Certificate for Online Adjunct Teaching (COAT) course. The COAT project began in 2008 when instructional designers from various higher education institutions collaborated on developing training for instructors who were making the transition to online teaching. Using a design-based research methodological approach within an interpretivist research paradigm, this study used mixed methods data collection tools and grounded theory data analysis techniques to evaluate whether the COAT course effectively helped the target audience of higher education adjunct faculty make the transition to online teaching. This study found that not only adjuncts with no online teaching experience, but also experienced online instructors, full-time faculty, and nonteaching professionals completed the COAT course. Research participants identified that the experience of being situated as students in an authentic online course focused on online teaching and learning influenced their later online teaching, campus-based teaching, and nonteaching professional practice. Focus group participants cocreated an observation protocol that was applied to archived courses taught by COAT alumni, and it was found that instructors, as reflective practitioners, took from their COAT experience instructional approaches and competencies that were appropriate for their specific teaching situations. Although limited to a particular context, the original contribution to scholarship of this study was the articulation of design principles and a conceptual framework that may be useful to researchers and practitioners working in the area of online instructor training. / 2013, 04

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Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-28T20:56:34Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Berenice Rocha Zabbot Garcia.pdf: 881509 bytes, checksum: 21f7937df6b82504e04dc85beefc2abd (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-12-14 / To begin this research, which aims to investigate the possible contributions of the university extension for teachers education, we started up rescuing some data about the extension genesis since 1269 in Portugal until today. It was emphasized the relevance of the students participation in Brasil in extension activities in the 1960s. The role of the university and the university extension were presented from the point of view of the dialogical relation between professional education and social commitment that are considered as effective possibilities toward the approximation between the scientific and technical commitment and the social commitment of the professional with the reality. Regarding teachers education, the understanding is that the extension is part of the initial education of the student and it can promote a special look on the activities of the school, and the experiences derived from this new way of looking that can generate a greater understanding on the specificities of the teaching profession. The data were collected through interviews and discussion group. Individual interviews were held with two coordinators of two Univille extension programs and two discussion groups were held with seven graduates on Languages from Univille who participated or still does in the two extension programs: Institucional Program of Children and Youth´s Literature PROLIJ and Brasil Reading Program PROLER. This project was based on Síveres (2006), Freire (2006), Imbernón (2011), Formosinho e Niza (2009), among others. The data were analyzed and discussed considering three categories: the extension and the teachers personal development, the extension and the teachers professional development and the extension and the teachers autonomy. The analysis of these data indicates that the university extension can contribute, assisting in the education of professionals more critical, more open to dialogue more, autonomous and sensitive to changes in the world around them. The data analysis also revealed that participation in extension activities contributes to the initial teaching education and that these activities nurture multiple experiences to the teaching profession, helping to constitute the personal level. The extension experiences unfolds, reflecting on the professional development of the teachers who perceive themselves still in training, which is essential towards the autonomy of them / Para iniciar a presente pesquisa, que tem por objetivo investigar as possíveis contribuições da extensão universitária para a formação de professores, partiu-se do resgate de alguns dados sobre a gênese da extensão desde 1269 em Portugal até nossos dias. Destacou-se a relevância da participação estudantil no Brasil, por meio de atividades extensionistas, na década de 1960. O papel da universidade e da extensão universitária foram apresentados sob o ponto de vista da relação dialógica entre formação profissional e compromisso social considerados como possibilidade efetiva na direção da aproximação entre o compromisso técnico e científico e o compromisso social do profissional com a realidade. Em relação à formação de professores, o entendimento é de que a extensão faz parte da formação inicial do acadêmico e que ela pode promover um olhar especial sobre os fazeres da escola e que as experiências oriundas dessa nova forma de olhar possam gerar maior compreensão em relação às especificidades da profissão docente. Os dados foram coletados por meio de entrevistas e grupo de discussão. Foram realizadas entrevistas individuais com duas coordenadoras de dois programas de Extensão da Universidade da Região de Joinville - UNIVILLE e organizados dois grupos de discussão com sete egressos do curso de licenciatura em Letras da UNIVILLE que participam ou participaram de atividades de extensão, integrando dois programas institucionais: Programa Institucional de Literatura Infantil Juvenil - PROLIJ e Programa de Leitura do Brasil - Proler. Fundamentaram teoricamente este trabalho Síveres (2006), Freire (2006), Imbernón (2011), Formosinho e Niza (2009), dentre outros. Os dados foram analisados e discutidos a partir de três categorias: a extensão e o desenvolvimento pessoal do professor, a extensão e o desenvolvimento profissional do professor e a extensão e a autonomia do professor. A análise desses dados indica que a extensão universitária pode contribuir na medida em que auxilia na formação de profissionais mais críticos, mais abertos ao diálogo, mais autônomos e sensíveis às transformações do mundo que os rodeia. A análise dos dados revelou também que a participação em atividades de extensão contribui para a formação inicial na medida em que tais atividades oportunizam experiências múltiplas para o exercício da docência auxiliando na constituição do sujeito em um nível pessoal. E que as experiências com a extensão se desdobram, repercutindo no desenvolvimento profissional dos professores que se percebem em continua formação, o que é imprescindível na direção da autonomia desses sujeitos

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-27T16:58:31Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Angelica da Fontoura Garcia Silva.pdf: 2261631 bytes, checksum: 29792ebbebb159b17acd69170257619d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007-11-21 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / This study it has as objective to analyze factors that can intervene with the professional development of teachers of the first series of Elementary School, as resulted of a formation continued with the purpose to argue questions related to the boarding of the fractionary representation of rational numbers and its different meanings. For the collection of data, (16) sessions had been carried through, of which, (3) had been destined to the application of the daily pay-test; (9) sessions had been dedicated the studies of the meanings of the fractions and to the experience of diversified methodologies; one of the sessions was dedicated to the elaboration of a work sequence, for the teachers, who were developed with its pupils in classroom. The (3) following sessions had been destined the interviews, being (2) soon after the intervention of the teachers in its classrooms and the last session, one year after the intervention, with the objective to verify the reflections made for the teachers after the research. Theoretically, we in such a way base our inquiry on theories that turn on the formation of teachers as in studies that investigate didactic questions on the mathematical object: fractionary representation of the rational number. How much to the first approach, in we support them in studies of Schön (1983), that they deal with the reflection on the practical one, extended for the quarrels of Shulman (1986), Tardif (2000), Bridge (1992) and Serrazina (1999). In relation to the didactic questions associates to the mathematical object, we use the Theory of the Conceptual Fields of Vergnaud (1990), the classification proposal for Nunes (2003) for the meanings of the fractions, the ideas of Kieren (1988) on the constructs of the rational numbers and the interpretations suggested for Ohlsson (1987). In general way, the analysis of the information gotten in allows to identify them some factors that can exert influence on the process of professional development of the teachers. One of them if relates to the relative difficulties to the mathematical knowledge of the teachers. We believe that it has necessity of a ampler approach of the concept of rational numbers, complemented for the analysis of the different meanings of its fractionary representation, as much in courses of initial formation, as continued. Another factor mentions the beliefs and conceptions to it of the teacher on the education and the learning of Mathematics, and in specific, of the mathematical object fractions. We conclude that to breach these beliefs and conceptions, is necessary a constant reflection on the practical one, over all in environments that propitiate a collaborative work. We believe that these conditions are basic for the professional development of the teachers. / Este estudo tem como objetivo analisar fatores que podem interferir no desenvolvimento profissional de professores das primeiras séries do Ensino Fundamental, como resultado de uma formação continuada com a finalidade de discutir questões relacionadas à abordagem da representação fracionária de números racionais e seus diferentes significados. Para a coleta de dados, foram realizadas 16 sessões de 4 horas cada, das quais: 3 sessões foram destinadas à aplicação de uma avaliação diagnóstica; 9 sessões foram dedicadas a estudos dos significados das frações e à vivência de metodologias diversificadas; uma das sessões foi dedicada à elaboração de uma seqüência de trabalho pelos professores, que foi desenvolvida com seus alunos em sala de aula. As 3 sessões seguintes foram destinadas a entrevistas, sendo 2 logo após a intervenção do professores em suas salas de aula, e a última sessão um ano após a intervenção, com o objetivo de verificar as reflexões feitas pelos docentes depois da pesquisa. Teoricamente, fundamentamos nossa investigação tanto em teorias que versam sobre a formação de professores como em estudos que investigam questões didáticas sobre o objeto matemático: representação fracionária do número racional. Quanto ao primeiro enfoque, nos apoiamos em estudos de Schön (1983), que tratam da reflexão sobre a prática, ampliados pelas discussões de Shulman (1986), Tardif (2000), Ponte (1992) e Serrazina (1999). Em relação às questões didáticas associadas ao objeto matemático, utilizamos a Teoria dos Campos Conceituais de Vergnaud (1990), a classificação proposta por Nunes (2003) para os significados das frações, as idéias de Kieren (1988) sobre os construtos dos números racionais e as interpretações sugeridas por Ohlsson (1987). De modo geral, a análise das informações obtidas nos permitiu identificar alguns fatores que podem exercer influência sobre o processo de desenvolvimento profissional dos docentes. Um deles se refere às dificuldades relativas ao conhecimento matemático do professor. Acreditamos que há necessidade de um enfoque mais amplo do conceito de números racionais, complementado pela análise dos diferentes significados de sua representação fracionária tanto em cursos de formação inicial como de formação continuada. Finalmente, concluímos que para romper crenças e concepções dos professores sobre ensino e aprendizagem da Matemática e em específico do objeto matemático frações, é necessária uma constante reflexão sobre a prática, sobretudo em ambientes que propiciem um trabalho colaborativo. Acreditamos que essas condições são fundamentais para o desenvolvimento profissional dos docentes

FundaÃÃo de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Cearà / A temÃtica desta tese refere-se à importÃncia da formaÃÃo docente para a educaÃÃo superior diante dos desafios postos pela sociedade da informaÃÃo e do conhecimento à profissionalizaÃÃo efetivada nesse nÃvel de ensino, mais especificamente à aÃÃo do professor no cotidiano da sua profissÃo. A Universidade Federal do Cearà â UFC foi escolhida para a realizaÃÃo da pesquisa de campo pelo fato de representar, historicamente, a principal instituiÃÃo formadora de profissionais atuantes na docÃncia da educaÃÃo superior do CearÃ. Primeira universidade a ser criada no Estado, continua sendo um dos maiores referenciais para as demais InstituiÃÃes de EducaÃÃo Superior - IES pela importÃncia dos debates que promove, das parcerias que estabelece e da significativa contribuiÃÃo de formaÃÃo profissional para o mundo do trabalho. O estudo desenvolveu-se mediante uma pesquisa qualitativa, do tipo estudo de caso, utilizando entrevistas semiestruturadas e anÃlise documental. Os sujeitos da pesquisa estÃo representados por 43 gestores, atuantes no perÃodo de 1997 a 2006 â reitores, prÃ-reitores, diretores de centro ou faculdade, chefes de departamentos, coordenadores de cursos, gestores de recursos humanos, representante sindical, ouvidor, dentre outros. As categorias Ingresso, AvaliaÃÃo e FormaÃÃo foram definidas para orientar as prioridades pertinentes à pesquisa de campo, em especial. As informaÃÃes e reflexÃes decorrentes sinalizam a necessidade de implementar uma polÃtica institucional de formaÃÃo docente para os professores da Universidade, concebida no Ãmbito de referenciais de desenvolvimento profissional. Para que se efetive, à imprescindÃvel estabelecer rupturas para o enfrentamento dos problemas evidenciados e assumir posturas inovadoras diante das possibilidades explicitadas. / The thematic of this thesis concerns to the importance of the teaching formation for the superior education face to the challenge disposed by the society of information and knowledge to the accomplished professionalization on this teaching level. The Federal University of Cearà â UFC was chosen for the achievement of this field research as it historically represents the main former institution of active professionals in the teaching of superior education in CearÃ. It was the first university created in the State and continues being one of the greatest referential for the others Superior Teaching Institutions by the importance of its debates, partnerships established and the meaningful contribution in the professional formation for the world of the work. This study was developed through a qualitative research, that is a case study using semistructured interviews and documental analysis. The subjects of the research are represented by 43 active managers from the period 1997 to 2006 â rectors, pro-rectors, directors of centers or faculties, chiefs of departments, coordinators of courses, managers of human resources, syndicate representative, auditor among others. The categories of Entrance, Evaluation and Formation were defined to guide the priorities pertaining specially to field research. The information and reflections resultant just show the necessity to implement an institutional policy of teaching formation to the teachers of the University, conceived in the scope of references of professional development. So, to have this effectuated, it is urgent to establish ruptures in order to face the evident problems and assume innovated attitudes in the face of explicit possibilities.

在社會變遷的衝擊下，提升教師專業具有迫切性與必要性；目前教師的在職訓練、專業發展方式及實施途徑面臨許多限制，而網路學習具有通訊成本低及不受時空限制的特性，開啓了教師進修的新契機。 本研究以參與桃園縣e化學習平台【閱讀策略教學課程】之中小學教師為研究對象，以建立能促進教師社群成員參與互動討論意願，以及提昇教師教學關注程度之網路社群經營機制為目標，最終達成塑造以網路學習社群提升參與網路課程教師學習成效之教師專業發展模式，樹立成功實施的準則。 為達成上述之研究目的，本研究先以文獻分析法，針對研究相關資料進行蒐集與整理，作為研究發展與問卷設計之基礎，並規畫實際教學實驗，進行實徵觀察與研究。為增進成員間的互動與討論，本研究將課程畫分三階段實施包括推薦機制、激勵機制及專家引導網路社群經營機制，並同時輔以三次「閱讀策略教學關注階層問卷」進行調查，以呈現教師網路社群成員對於閱讀策略教學關注階段差異；並進一步探究不同背景變項之教師教學關注提昇之差異性，以及社群成員間互動對話內容之關注階層變化情形。課程結束後，實施「網路學習滿意度」問卷，探究三種經營機制之得分情形與教師閱讀策略教學關注階段之間是否具有相關性。最後，課程結束後約半年，以e-mail方式寄發「閱讀教學調查問卷」，追蹤社群成員實施閱讀策略教學之現況、所面對的困難，以追蹤瞭解參與網路課程對於其教學工作之助益。 茲將本研究所蒐集資料之量化與質化分析結果，歸納以下結論： 一、實施本研究所提出三階段社群經營機制之網路課程，可有效提昇教師閱讀策略教學關注。 二、不同背景變項之社群成員，對閱讀策略教學關注程度的差異不大。 三、網路社群經營機制與教師閱讀策略教學關注程度提昇具有顯著相關性。 四、社群成員因本研究所提出之三階段社群經營機制，有效促使雙向性對話熱絡，使得互動討論內容之關注階層提昇及部分關注階層呈現顯著向上提升變化。 五、社群成員對於網路經營機制普遍感到滿意，顯示本研究所提出之三階段學習社群經營機制確實對於教師專業成長具有助益。 六、基於學習社群經營之網路課程確實能提昇教師教學專業知能，並促使教師關注教學專業的實踐與對於學生的學習成效助益。 最後，研究者再根據研究發現，針對網路社群經營機制、開課團隊與教育單位提出具體建議，並針對未來可以繼續研究方向提出具體建議。 / Under the impact of social changes, it is urgent and necessary to enhance the capabilities of teaching professional to cope with this constantly changing environment. To date, the approaches of in-service training and professional development for teachers and their implementations face with many restrictions. While web-based learning has the features of low communication costs and without the constraints of time and space, it offers teacher a new opportunity to pursue further educations. 　　The subjects of this study are recruited from primary and secondary school teachers who participated in the program of "Reading Strategy Instruction Course" provided by Taoyuan County e-learning Platform. The objective is to establish operational mechanisms of online community that encourage the willingness of the members of teacher's community to participate in interactive discussions, and promote the level of teacher's instruction concern. Ultimately, the purpose of this study is to build up a teaching professional development model that utilizes the functions of web-based learning community to enhance the performances of the teachers who participated in the web-based learning, and set up the principles for future successful implementation. 　　To achieve the research purposes, this study first conducted literature analysis to collect and collate relevant information as a basis for researching and developing the design of questionnaires. The experimental teaching courses were designed for empirical observations and researches. In order to promote interactions and discussions among members, the courses were divided and carried out in three phases, including recommendation mechanism, incentive mechanism, and expert guidance mechanism of online community. And at the end of each phase, a "Questionnaire for the Level of Teachers’ Reading Strategy Instruction Concern" was administered to investigate and to present the different levels of the web community teachers' concern towards reading strategy instruction at different phases. Furthermore, two issues were explored in the study, namely, how the different background variables affect the teacher's instruction concern levels, and the changes in concern level of the contents by interactive dialogue among community members. At the end of the Course, the questionnaire of "Web Learning Satisfaction" was implemented, in order to examine the attained scores of the three operational mechanisms and the correlations between the scores and the teacher's levels of instruction concern of Reading Strategy. Finally, about six months after the end of course, the questionnaire of "Reading Instruction Survey" was sent by e-mail to the community members to track the implementation status of Reading Strategy Instruction, the difficulties, and to track and understand the benefits to teaching from participating in online courses. 　　The conclusions of quantitative and qualitative analyses of the information collected in this study are summarized in the following points: First, in this study, the proposed three-phase implementation of the operating mechanisms of the web community programs can boost effectively the teachers' instruction concern of reading strategy. Second, the differences of instruction concern towards reading strategy among the community members from different background are not significant. Third, the web community operational mechanisms are significantly correlated with promoting the levels of teachers' instruction concern. Fourth, community members benefit from the three-phase community operational mechanisms proposed by this study, in terms of effectively and warmly promoting two-way dialogue, improving the concern level towards the content of interactive discussions, and some parts of concern level presenting significant upward changes. Fifth, community members were generally satisfied with the web operational mechanisms proposed in this study, showing the three-phase operational mechanisms of learning community are useful to the professional development of teachers. Sixth, the web programs based on the operations of learning community can really enhance the teachers' professional knowledge and ability of teaching, promote the teachers' concern of professional practice, and benefit students' effective learning. Finally, according to the findings of the research, the specific operational mechanisms of web community, course delivery team, and educational unit are recommended, and the directions for future study are proposed.

BARREIRA, Sofia de Evaristo Menescal. Formação docente para a educação superior: nas trilhas de uma política institucional. 2009. 260 f. Tese (Doutorado em Educação) – Universidade Federal do Ceará, Faculdade de Educação, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação Brasileira, Fortaleza-CE, 2009. / Submitted by Liliane oliveira (morena.liliane@hotmail.com) on 2012-07-26T12:28:12Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2009_TESE_SEMBARREIRA.pdf: 723327 bytes, checksum: 4ba45697f23a724d2d1f0e254cc35173 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Maria Josineide Góis(josineide@ufc.br) on 2013-09-24T00:08:59Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 2009_TESE_SEMBARREIRA.pdf: 723327 bytes, checksum: 4ba45697f23a724d2d1f0e254cc35173 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2013-09-24T00:08:59Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2009_TESE_SEMBARREIRA.pdf: 723327 bytes, checksum: 4ba45697f23a724d2d1f0e254cc35173 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009 / The thematic of this thesis concerns to the importance of the teaching formation for the superior education face to the challenge disposed by the society of information and knowledge to the accomplished professionalization on this teaching level. The Federal University of Ceará – UFC was chosen for the achievement of this field research as it historically represents the main former institution of active professionals in the teaching of superior education in Ceará. It was the first university created in the State and continues being one of the greatest referential for the others Superior Teaching Institutions by the importance of its debates, partnerships established and the meaningful contribution in the professional formation for the world of the work. This study was developed through a qualitative research, that is a case study using semistructured interviews and documental analysis. The subjects of the research are represented by 43 active managers from the period 1997 to 2006 – rectors, pro-rectors, directors of centers or faculties, chiefs of departments, coordinators of courses, managers of human resources, syndicate representative, auditor among others. The categories of Entrance, Evaluation and Formation were defined to guide the priorities pertaining specially to field research. The information and reflections resultant just show the necessity to implement an institutional policy of teaching formation to the teachers of the University, conceived in the scope of references of professional development. So, to have this effectuated, it is urgent to establish ruptures in order to face the evident problems and assume innovated attitudes in the face of explicit possibilities / A temática desta tese refere-se à importância da formação docente para a educação superior diante dos desafios postos pela sociedade da informação e do conhecimento à profissionalização efetivada nesse nível de ensino, mais especificamente à ação do professor no cotidiano da sua profissão. A Universidade Federal do Ceará – UFC foi escolhida para a realização da pesquisa de campo pelo fato de representar, historicamente, a principal instituição formadora de profissionais atuantes na docência da educação superior do Ceará. Primeira universidade a ser criada no Estado, continua sendo um dos maiores referenciais para as demais Instituições de Educação Superior - IES pela importância dos debates que promove, das parcerias que estabelece e da significativa contribuição de formação profissional para o mundo do trabalho. O estudo desenvolveu-se mediante uma pesquisa qualitativa, do tipo estudo de caso, utilizando entrevistas semiestruturadas e análise documental. Os sujeitos da pesquisa estão representados por 43 gestores, atuantes no período de 1997 a 2006 – reitores, pró-reitores, diretores de centro ou faculdade, chefes de departamentos, coordenadores de cursos, gestores de recursos humanos, representante sindical, ouvidor, dentre outros. As categorias Ingresso, Avaliação e Formação foram definidas para orientar as prioridades pertinentes à pesquisa de campo, em especial. As informações e reflexões decorrentes sinalizam a necessidade de implementar uma política institucional de formação docente para os professores da Universidade, concebida no âmbito de referenciais de desenvolvimento profissional. Para que se efetive, é imprescindível estabelecer rupturas para o enfrentamento dos problemas evidenciados e assumir posturas inovadoras diante das possibilidades explicitadas