Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico / This research brings its contribution to support the Physical Education teachers in their initial and permanent processes of education, as it pictures the reality they live in their daily work routine at public schools. The methodological paths which were adopted followed the principles of case study qualitative approach. The study field of this research was a public school of Santa Maria, RS, having the information collected through semi-structured interview, done with three elementary school Physical Education teachers who were in effect working full time and who had at least five years of their career in a full-time effective job with Physical Education. To analyze the collected information, content analysis was used. It was concluded that the possibilities and limitations faced by teachers are the most diverse and that are much more prevalent negative aspects than positive. The main going astray found are lack of physical space and equipment, depreciation of physical education, lack of unity and fellowship among teachers, low salaries, limitations as to how the teacher developing lessons, indiscipline and violence among students and difficulties do not have time to reflect and exchange experiences. The paths indicated by the teachers were happy to teach, be in contact with students exchanging knowledge, affection between them, they are loved and valued by students. / Este estudo está inserido na Linha de Pesquisa Formação, Saberes e Desenvolvimento Profissional (PPGE/CE/UFSM) e teve como objetivo analisar quais são as possibilidades (caminhos) e as limitações (descaminhos) encontrados na prática pedagógica dos professores de Educação Física Escolar de uma escola pública de Santa Maria (RS). Este trabalho traz sua contribuição no apoio aos processos de formação inicial e permanente dos professores de Educação Física, na medida em que retrata a realidade em que os docentes convivem em seu trabalho diário nas escolas públicas. Os caminhos metodológicos que foram adotados seguiram os pressupostos da abordagem qualitativa do tipo estudo de caso. O campo de estudo da pesquisa foi uma escola pública de Santa Maria, RS, tendo as informações coletadas através da entrevista semi-estruturada, realizada com três professores de Educação Física do ensino fundamental em efetivo exercício de sua atividade docente e que tinham no mínimo cinco anos de carreira em efetivo trabalho com a disciplina. Para analisar as informações coletadas foi utilizada à análise de conteúdo. Concluiu-se que as possibilidades e limitações encontradas pelos professores são as mais diversas e o que prevalece são muito mais aspectos negativos do que positivos. Os principais descaminhos encontrados são a falta de espaço físico e material, desvalorização da Educação Física, falta de união e companheirismo entre os professores, os baixos salários, limitações quanto à maneira do professor desenvolver suas aulas, indisciplina e violência entre os alunos e dificuldades de não disporem de tempo para refletir e trocar experiências. Os caminhos apontados pelos professores são satisfação em dar aula, estar em contato com os alunos trocando conhecimentos, afetividade entre ambos, serem queridos e valorizados pelos alunos.

This thesis examines Seamus Heaney’s approach to translation with specific reference to Sweeney Astray, The Cure at Troy, and Beowulf. An assessment of Heaney’s translations, and the ways in which they relate to his poetry, is essential to an understanding of his work as a poet. This thesis demonstrates the centrality of translation to Heaney’s oeuvre as an effective means to comment on his Northern Irish socio-political context without producing political propaganda. Translation is a valuable means for Heaney to elucidate his contemporary experience by considering it in terms of the recorded past captured within his chosen translations. Instead of comparing the three translations with their original texts, this thesis concentrates on Heaney’s translations as a continuation of his own creative work and as catalysts for further poetry. The translations are explored in chronological order to allow a sense of Heaney’s development as a translator and his efforts to remain critically attuned to the Northern Irish political situation. The first chapter examines Heaney’s translation of the Gaelic poem Buile Suibhne, which is published as Sweeney Astray. In this first major act of translation Heaney recognises the political role that translation is able to play. He draws attention to the protagonist’s sense of cultural ease in both Britain and Ireland, which he argues is exemplary for the people of Ulster and renders the narrative particularly accessible to a Northern Irish readership due to his anglicisation of the text, which is intended as a reminder to both Catholics and Protestants of their shared identity as Irishmen. The second chapter focuses on Heaney’s translation of Sophocles’ Philoctetes, entitled The Cure at Troy. Heaney’s translation contextualises the Ancient Greek concern for personal integrity in the face of political necessity, a situation relevant to his own complex relationship with Northern Irish politics. His alterations to the text accentuate the positive aspects of the play, suggesting the very real possibility of social change within the seemingly constant violence of Northern Ireland. The third chapter explores Heaney’s engagement with the Anglo-Saxon epic poem, Beowulf, as a means of coming to terms with the complex history of Irish colonisation through language. This chapter assesses Heaney’s incorporation of Irish dialectal words into his translation, which lend the poem political weight, and yet prove to be contextually appropriate, rendering Heaney’s Beowulf a masterpiece of readability and subtle political commentary.