abstract: Mentor teachers have a significant impact on pre-service teachers. Unfortunately, mentors are often underprepared for their role, and thus, the potential learning from a student teaching experience is not maximized. Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College at Arizona State University provides training to mentors who host pre-service teachers during their student teaching experience. Training is delivered in two formats: online prior to the start of the semester and face-to-face each month throughout the semester. This action research study looked at how training contributes to mentor understanding and actions in supporting teacher candidates and how mentor support impacts teacher candidate performance. The study included two mentor/teacher candidate dyads and one university site coordinator. Qualitative and quantitative data were collected from a variety of sources including observations of mentor trainings, teacher candidate lessons, and coaching conversations. Additional data sources included semi-structured interviews with mentors, teacher candidates, and the site coordinator. Analysis of data found that training may contribute to mentor understanding, but other factors matter too. The data also indicated that current training is insufficient at producing all desired mentor behaviors. With respect to the ways that mentors support teacher candidates, this study found that mentors play a multifaceted role, provide ongoing feedback, and employ various strategies during coaching conversations. This study found mentors help teacher candidates see their performance through the eyes of an experienced educator. Modeling and coaching helped teacher candidates improve. This study also suggests a positive, professional relationship between mentor/mentee and certain teacher candidate characteristics such as openness to feedback facilitate learning from a mentor. / Dissertation/Thesis / Ed.D. Leadership and Innovation 2014

O presente estudo, inserido da linha de pesquisa História e Filosofia da Educação, aborda a relação entre gênero e docência na Educação Infantil. A questão central versa sobre os motivos que levam à interposição entre as identidades materna e docente na educação da primeira infância, bem como suas decorrências para prática pedagógica. Assim, utilizando a metodologia do grupo focal, foram entrevistadas seis professoras atuantes numa Escola de Educação Infantil da cidade de Caxias do Sul/RS, com o intuito de ouvir suas representações sobre o papel docente, a fim de compreender como percebem e lidam com esta questão. Os dados foram tratados a partir da Analise Textual Discursiva, da qual emergiram duas categorias: perfil e formação profissional. O suporte teórico deste estudo está apoiado em autores como Chartier (1990), Pesavento (2008), Hall (2002), Veiga (2007), Louro (2001), Kuhlmann (2003), Cerisara (2002), entre outros pesquisadores que ajudam e compreender a posição da mulher-professora na sociedade e na cultura, bem como o espaço educativo para a primeira infância, abordando aspectos históricos e contemporâneos. Como resultado, observei que a identidade feminina foi historicamente constituída em torno de forte discurso maternal, que influenciou sua inserção na docência, de modo que o magistério passou a ser representado como uma extensão do lar e a professora como a segunda mãe dos alunos. A inauguração de creches e pré-escolas reforçou esta representação, uma vez que exigia da educadora forte atuação maternal. As narrativas das docentes pesquisadas corroboraram esta interposição, sendo vista, inclusive, como característica positiva para o desempenho da função. É importante ressaltar que autores como Pesavento (2008) e Chartier (1990) afirmam que discursos geram condutas e práticas sociais que por vezes ultrapassam tempo e espaço. Neste sentido, quanto mais intenso for o discurso que interpõe o papel materno ao docente, maior a possibilidade de a educadora agir como mãe dos alunos, prejudicando sua atuação profissional, conforme estudos de Diniz (2002) e Zanella (1999). Desta forma, esta pesquisa mostra-se relevante por proporcionar uma reflexão crítica sobre a atuação docente, problematizando o que está “naturalizado” e denunciando contradições. O texto é concluído, abordando a importância de a professora tornar-se ciente sobre si, seu grupo social, sua história e o trabalho docente, fornecendo pistas para amenizar o conflito existente na função. Sendo assim, esta pesquisa abriu novas possibilidades de estudo, em especial na perspectiva da formação docente, tendo em vista a Educação Infantil ainda ser um espaço em construção, um lócus em busca de suas identidades. / Universidade de Caxias do Sul, UCS. / This study, thati is related to the line of research of Education History and Philosophy, boards the relationship between gender and teaching experience in kindergarten. The central question concerns the reasons that lead to the commencement of the maternal and teacher identities in early childhood education and its consequences for the pedagogical practice. Thus, using the methodology of focus groups were interviewed six teachers working in a Preschool in the city of Caxias do Sul / RS, in order to hear their views concerning the role of teachers in order to understand how they perceive and deal with this question. The data were processed from the discursive textual analysis, which fell into two categories: profile and vocational training. The theoretical basis of this study is based on authors as Chartier (1990) and Pesavento (2008), Hall (2002), Veiga (2007), Blonde (2001), Kuhlmann (2003), Cerise (2002), among other researchers who help and understand the position of the woman teacher in society and culture as well as space for early childhood education, addressing historical and contemporary. The result was that the female identity has historically been built around a strong maternal discourse, which influenced their inclusion in the teaching, so that the teaching came to be represented as an extension of the home and the teacher as the second parent of the students. The opening of kindergartens and preschools reinforced this representation, as it required a strong presence of maternal educator. The narratives of the teachers surveyed supported this interposition, being seen, even as a positive feature for the performance of the function.Importantly, the authors as Pesavento (2008) and Chartier (1990) argue that discourses produce social practices and behaviors that often go beyond time and space. In this sense, the more intense the speech bringing the maternal role to the teacher, the greater the possibility of acting as a parent educator to students, damaging educational practices, according to studies by Diniz (2002) and Zanella (1999). Thus, this research shows is important because it provides a critical reflection on teaching performance, questioning what is "naturalized" and exposing contradictions. The text is complete, addressing the importance of the teacher become aware of themselves, their social group, its history and teaching, providing clues to mitigate the conflict in the role. Thus, this research has opened new possibilities for study, particularly in view of teacher education, with a view to early childhood education is still an area under construction, a locus in search of its identitys.

Esta dissertação tem por objetivo evidenciar os saberes presentes nos registros escolares de alunos que frequentavam o Atendimento Educacional Especializado (AEE). Desenvolveu-se um quadro teórico com alguns entendimentos sobre os conceitos de poder e saber, bem como o funcionamento da inclusão escolar na legislação. Para orientar este estudo, tomou-se a cartografia como inspiração, definindo-se duas pistas/instrumentos. Esses constituíram-se do caderno de anotações e dos registros escolares normativos. O caderno de anotações identificou um documento de produção escolar que foi de encontro com todos os documentos oficiais buscados. Essa produção ganhou o contorno de saber produzido pela escola, sendo denominada Saberes Curriculares de um Currículo Adaptado. Nos registros escolares normativos, encontraram-se termos/expressões que identificavam o indivíduo com necessidades educativas especiais. A partir desses registros, foi possível identificar vestígios de saberes psicológicos e médicos, os quais foram denominados noções de um saber psicológico e noções de um saber médico. A produção desta cartografia, a partir dos registros do caderno de anotações e dos registros normativos da escola, evidenciou três saberes que se fizeram constantemente presentes. Tais saberes conectam-se o tempo inteiro. Entretanto, um deles - o saber curricular de um currículo adaptado -, para poder funcionar, precisa de outros dois – as noções de um saber psicológico e as noções de um saber médico. / This Master’s Dissertation has the purpose of evidencing the knowledge of school records from students who attended the Specialized Educational Assistance (SEA). It was developed a theoretical framework with some information about the concepts of power and knowledge, as well as school inclusion functioning in relation to legislation. To guide this research, cartography was used as inspiration, through the definition of two clues/instruments. They were the notebooks and the normative school records. The notebook identified a school production document which met all the searched official documents. This production received the knowledge form produced by school, called Curricular Knowledge of an Adapted Curriculum. In the normative school records, there were terms/expressions which identified the individual with special educational needs. From this information, it was possible to verify traces of psychological and medical knowledge, which were called notions of a psychological knowledge and notions of a medical knowledge. The production of this cartography, from notebook records and from school normative records, evidenced that three types of knowledge were constantly present. Such types of knowledge connect to each other all the time. However, the Curricular Knowledge of an Adapted Curriculum needs two other types of knowledge to properly function, the notions of a psychological knowledge and the notions of a medical knowledge.

Esta dissertação tem como tema “Os saberes das crianças de quatro a cinco anos na prática pedagógica docente”. O objetivo geral foi analisar os modos como os saberes das crianças de quatro a cinco anos são contextualizados nas práticas pedagógicas docentes a partir da realidade de uma escola de Educação Infantil do município gaúcho de Bento Gonçalves/RS. Por tratar-se de um estudo de caso, a pesquisa discute e conceitua infância e o modo como os saberes das crianças sujeitos da pesquisa contribuem para a construção de conhecimento. A empiria foi produzida a partir do resultado de entrevistas com professoras e observações registradas no diário de campo, por meio do acompanhamento de aulas ministradas pelas mesmas professoras entrevistadas. Teóricos como Ariès (1978) e Kuhlmann Júnior (1998) destacam como a infância foi adquirindo sentido e significado, constituindo-se em uma etapa significativa para o desenvolvimento humano. Para conceituar os saberes e as práticas pedagógicas, apoiou-se em teóricos que ressaltam a importante questão da formação docente e da necessidade de sua inovação. Para a análise documental da empiria computada, optou-se pela perspectiva cultural, dessa forma, o viés crítico social de Vygotsky também foi importante para compreender o desenvolvimento da linguagem e o brincar nesta etapa de vida das crianças. No tratamento da análise, identificou-se uma evolução no município, a partir da década de 1980, acompanhando as legislações e orientações nacionais que reorganizaram a forma de atendimento à criança. Na contemporaneidade, a partir das Diretrizes para Educação Infantil, este sentido é ampliado e percebem-se as potencialidades do trabalho docente e da sua relevância para a continuidade dos estudos sobre as crianças, sendo uma etapa da escolarização fundamental para o pleno desenvolvimento. Aspectos do Projeto Político Pedagógico e do Regimento da instituição e a empiria organizada a partir das entrevistas e observações contribuíram para ampliar a identificação do modo como os saberes evidenciam-se no planejamento docente, no momento da ludicidade, da roda de conversas e da sintetização dos conhecimentos construídos no espaço escolar. Na análise dos dados, foi possível perceber que as docentes ressaltam a falta de cursos de aperfeiçoamento no que diz respeito às mudanças educacionais, tanto para professores quanto para atendentes. O trabalho com os projetos e contextualização dos saberes ainda é algo novo, que exige dos professores alterações no modo de pensar e agir, principalmente porque na prática precisam desenvolver a sua escuta para que, aos poucos, identifiquem, nas diferentes linguagens das crianças, os saberes. Embora exista certo receio por parte das professoras em “escutar” as crianças para organizar o planejamento em função dos saberes, elas estão dispostas a mudar concepções tradicionais, buscar novas ideias e novas maneiras de trabalhar com as crianças em formação. Um dos pontos positivos evidente nas entrevistas foi que as docentes já possuem o entendimento de que a quantidade de atividades realizadas em folha de papel, por vezes, pode ser substituída por brincadeiras e outras atividades lúdicas, que também ampliam a aprendizagem. Identificou-se que, mesmo diante de uma insegurança, talvez pelo pouco tempo para realizarem um planejamento de trabalho coletivo ou pela falta de cursos de aperfeiçoamento, a tentativa das professoras em articular as atividades, de modo a fazer uso dos saberes que são trazidos pelas crianças para a ação pedagógica, existe e caracteriza-se como momento em que ocorre a estimulação para a participação da criança na estruturação do fazer didático. Acredita-se que a possibilidade de vislumbrar o avanço nas práticas pedagógicas é algo viável, dentro da percepção de que muito já se despertou para o novo contexto escolar e para o perfil do aluno desta época. / This dissertation has as its theme “The knowledge of children aged 4 to 5 years old in the teaching pedagogical practice”. The general objective is to analyze the ways in which children‟s knowledge from four to five years old is contextualized to teaching pedagogical practices, based on the reality of a School of Early Childhood Education in the Gaucho municipality of Bento Gonçalves / RS. Because it is a case study, the research discusses and conceptualizes childhood and the way in which children's knowledge, which attend a School of Early Childhood education in the municipality mentioned, contribute to the construction of knowledge. The research was produced from the result of interviews with teachers and observations recorded in the field diary through the accompaniment of classes taught by the same teachers interviewed. Theorists such as Ariès (1978) and Kuhlmann Júnior (1998) emphasize how childhood has acquired sense and meaning, that is, it constitutes a significant stage for human development. To conceptualize knowledge and pedagogical practices, it is theoretically supported by authors who emphasize the important role of teacher training and the need for its innovation. We opted for the cultural perspective for the documental analysis of the computed empiricism, in this way, Vygotsky's critical social bias was also important in understanding language development and playing in this stage of children's lives. In the treatment of the analysis, an evolution was identified in the municipality, in the 1980s, following the laws and national guidelines that reorganized the form of child care. At the present time, from the Guidelines for Early Childhood Education, this sense is broadened and the potential of teaching work and its relevance to the continuity of children's studies is realized, being a stage of schooling fundamental for full development. Aspects of the Political Pedagogical Project and Regiment from the organization and the experiment organized from the interviews and observations contributed to broaden the identification of the way in which knowledge is evidenced in teaching planning, at the moment of playfulness, the conversational groups and the synthesis of knowledge built in the school space. In the data analysis, it was possible to notice that the teachers emphasize the lack of improvement courses about the educational changes, for both, teachers and attendants, the work with projects and contextualization of the knowledge is still something new, which requires teachers change their way of thinking and acting, mainly because in practice they need to develop their listening, gradually, they can identify, in the different languages of children, the knowledge. While there is some concern among teachers to "listen" to children to organize planning according to previous knowledge, they are willing to change traditional conceptions, seek new ideas and new ways of working with children in training. One of the positive points evident in the interviews was that teachers already have the understanding that the amount of activities carried out on paper can sometimes be replaced by plays and other fun activities, which also increase learning. It was identified that, even in the face of insecurity, perhaps due to the lack of time to carry out collective work planning or the lack of training courses, the teachers' attempt to articulate activities, in order to make use of the knowledge that children bring to pedagogical action exists and characterizes as the moment in which stimulation occurs for the child's participation in the structuring of didactic work. It is believed that the possibility of glimpsing the advance in pedagogical practices is something possible, within the perception that much has already been awakened to the new school context and to the profile of the student of this time.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-01-26T18:50:03Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 GESLAINE_DISSERTACAO.pdf: 5650240 bytes, checksum: a14ff5cb70e559c41e519ca6b11f67e3 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007-06-21 / The present study is associated to the Area of Concentration: Pedagogic Práxis and Educacional Environment Management, aiming the competent readers' formation through the teachers' Portuguese Language practice in groups of fifth series. The research developed in 2006, in one of the state schools, in the municipal district of Presidente Venceslau. It is a qualitative research, with the matter study plan, in which two Portuguese Language teachers of the morning and afternoon fifth grades groups took part, identified like teachers X and Y, respectively, and a readapted teacher acting at the library of the school, teacher Z. Besides those educational ones, seventy six students and their relatives took part in the research. For the data collection, took place the following: the analysis of the Manager 2002 Plan, a Political Pedagogic Project of the institution, Plans of the teachers' Teaching, diaries of classes registrations, questionnaires, semi-structured interviews with the teachers, students' activities registrations, observations of the school spaces and observations of the educational practice in classroom. The analysis of the registrations indicated that in spite of the teachers, in their educational practice they use diversified texts, they use reading strategies, they plan their actions and they establish objectives for the accomplished readings, it is necessary to rethink regarding to the refinement of their methodology. The acquired registrations reveal that the educators worry about the reader formation and the students' writer, however, in agreement with the support literature, they should improve their practice. We propose the refinement search through continuous study and the reflection about the strategies use of reading teaching and about the use of the texts in the perspective of textual genders in the classroom. We believe that following this way the educators can contribute, in a more effective way, in the formation of subjects more participants in the society, capable of recognize their social context and interact as agents transformers of their reality, as - really competent readers. / O presente estudo está associado à Área de Concentração: Práxis Pedagógicas e Gestão de Ambientes Educacionais, tendo como objetivo de investigação a formação de leitores competentes por intermédio da prática de professoras de Língua Portuguesa em turmas de 5ª série. A pesquisa desenvolveu-se durante o ano de 2006, em uma das escolas estaduais, no município de Presidente Venceslau. Trata-se de uma pesquisa qualitativa, com delineamento de estudo de caso, na qual participaram duas professoras de Língua Portuguesa das turmas de 5ª série da manhã e da tarde, identificadas como professoras X e Y, respectivamente, e uma professora readaptada que atua na biblioteca da escola, professora Z. Além dessas docentes, fizeram parte da pesquisa setenta e seis alunos e seus familiares. Para a coleta de dados, realizou-se a análise do Plano Gestor 2002, Projeto Político Pedagógica da instituição, Planos de Ensino das professoras, registros em diários de classes, questionários, entrevistas semi-estruturadas com as professoras, registros de atividades de alunos, observações dos espaços escolares e observações da prática docente em sala de aula. A análise dos registros indicou que, apesar das professoras, em sua prática docente, fazerem uso de textos diversificados, utilizarem estratégias de leitura, planejarem suas ações e estabelecerem objetivos para as leituras realizadas, é necessário um repensar com relação ao aprimoramento de sua metodologia. Os registros obtidos revelam que as educadoras preocupam-se com a formação leitora e escritora dos alunos, entretanto, de acordo com a literatura de apoio, devem aprimorar sua prática. Propomos o estudo contínuo e a reflexão sobre o uso das estratégias de ensino de leitura e sobre a utilização dos textos na perspectiva de gêneros textuais, em sala de aula. Acreditamos que dessa maneira as educadoras poderão contribuir, de forma mais efetiva, na formação de sujeitos mais participativos na sociedade, capazes de reconhecerem seu contexto social e de interagirem como agentes transformadores de sua realidade, como - leitores realmente competentes.

Throughout the history of teacher education, the final fieldwork experience has often been called the single most influential experience in teacher preparation programs (Burns, Jacobs, & Yendol-Hoppey, 2016; Feiman-Nemser & Buchmann, 1986; Parker-Katz & Bay, 2008). Though this experience has been expanded to include fieldwork experiences throughout many teacher education programs (Guyton & McIntyre, 1990), the final fieldwork experience remains the closing activity and the lasting image of teacher preparation (Feiman-Nemser & Buchmann, 1986; Rosaen & Florio-Ruane, 2008). Given its importance, though, researchers know relatively little about it. “The knowledge thus produced is akin to the quantum theory of physics; we know what goes in . . . and what comes out . . . but not what occurs in the interim” (Guyton & McIntyre, 1990, p. 524). Given the current reforms in mathematics education and mathematics teacher education (National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education, 2010; National Governors Association Center for Best Practices & Council of Chief State School Officers, 2010), Guyton and McIntyre’s observation is still relevant today. During the final fieldwork experience, university-based and school-based mathematics educators must work together on behalf of the novice to marry university-promoted theory (especially reform-oriented theory) with the practical classroom expectations of day-to-day teaching life. Though there is much research on how this kind of work should be done and the dilemmas that have arisen during fieldwork (e.g., Knight, 2009; Loughran, 2006; Nolan & Hoover, 2004; Sergiovanni & Starratt, 2006; Sullivan & Glanz, 2013), we have little information about the experiences of the mathematics educators who collaborate during final fieldwork. Furthermore, we have very little information on how these educators navigate mathematics reforms to prepare teachers of mathematics. This multi-case study was designed to investigate three novices, their school-based mentors, and their university-based mentor (me) who collaborated during a year-long final fieldwork experience at the close of a middle school mathematics teacher preparation program. To write single case reports that illuminated our collaborative experiences, I wrote the “stories” of each triad. To collect these stories, I used individual and group interviews, paired conversations, asynchronous text interviews, conference observations, collaborative fieldwork artifacts, my own practitioner-researcher journal, and three cycles of participant member checks. After verifying the veracity of the stories of each triad, I engaged in cross-case analysis to make assertions about the commonalities and unique circumstances that defined these fieldwork cases. This study adds to teacher preparation fieldwork literature by evoking a response from educators working in the field and providing them with examples of open dialogue that created more empathetic collaborative experiences. The study also provides evidence that the empathy generated by sharing stories can create more productive and effective learning experiences for the novices involved. In particular, open dialogue provided the collaborators in these cases with a platform for acknowledging pedagogical differences, negotiating fieldwork expectations, and setting and meeting novices’ professional goals. For future investigations of teacher preparation fieldwork collaboration, this study provides evidence that a practitioner approach to research affords the researcher exceptional access to the stories of novices and mentors and establishes empathetic bonds that can make the telling of those stories both illuminating and respectful of the voices they represent.

This study focuses on the nature of the school advisor's roles within a collaborative educational setting, specifically, a partnership involving a school district, university and teachers association referred to as the Richmond Teacher Education Project. The study investigates how school advisors view their roles and responsibilities within a cohort group. School advisors describe their experiences according to role, motivations, preparation and training, improvements to the program and professional/ethical considerations. Findings from the study indicate that the role development of school advisors is dependent on the amount of time spent as a member of the Richmond Practicum Project and on the relationship-building process between the student teachers and other members of the cohort grouping. All subjects mention some difficulty in their role as the primary evaluator and believed that the faculty advisor should share this role. / Education, Faculty of / Curriculum and Pedagogy (EDCP), Department of / Graduate

Orientador: Dione Lucchesi de Carvalho / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Educação / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-27T12:30:29Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 GoncalvesJunior_MarcosAntonio_D.pdf: 7234019 bytes, checksum: 033616069cae738395a0ecbc5937dd10 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015 / Resumo: De 2008 a 2010, recebi, em minhas aulas de matemática, alunos de um curso de licenciatura que cursavam o Estágio Supervisionado II. Supervisionei-os em seu estágio e orientei-os em seu Trabalho Final de Curso. Tal processo me levou a desenvolver com eles um trabalho conjunto, olhando nossas aulas numa perspectiva de investigação-ação e colaboração. Assim, juntos, escrevemos um diário de aula descritivo e reflexivo sobre as aulas em todas as etapas do estágio: observação, semirregência e regência. Passados alguns anos, passei a perscrutar esses diários de aula, procurando investigar esse processo de formação, narrando-o, contando sobre o processo de constituição identitária dos futuros professores, descrevendo o trivial simples do dia a dia da sala de aula, bem como as tensões da prática de colaborar e investigar a própria prática. Em certa altura, por figurar como personagem nas histórias que contava, dei-me conta de que não investigava os estagiários, mas, sim, a mim mesmo, minhas contradições, minhas identidades no papel de professor de matemática, de supervisor (formador de professores) e de pesquisador em Educação Matemática. Desse modo, desenvolvi uma investigação sobre mim mesmo, por meio de uma pesquisa narrativa em que meus "eus" são objeto de estudo. Por meio de uma conversa comigo mesmo, procuro construir uma narrativa como forma de compartilhar uma experiência, de produzir uma experiência e como forma de compreender o vivido em relação à formação de professores de matemática durante o estágio supervisionado / Abstract: Between 2008 and 2010, I received prospective mathematics teachers in my math classes who were attending Student Teaching II, a course in a program that prepares mathematics teachers. As their student teaching supervisor, I also was their Final Project advisor. Together, with those student teachers, we approached a perspective of action research and collaboration in our teaching practice. Thus, we wrote a descriptive and reflective class diary regarding all student teaching periods: Observation, Pre-teaching and Teaching. After a few years, I began to peering into those class diaries inquiring this teacher preparation process by narrating it, by giving an account about the prospective teacher's process of identity construction, by describing the commonplace's everyday life of our classes and also the tensions of this collaborative practice of investigate our own practice. Unexpectedly, once I was a character in the stories I was telling about what we experienced, I realized that I was not only investigating the future teachers, but myself, my contradictions, may identities as a mathematics teacher, as a cooperating teacher, as a Mathematics Education researcher. So I made a self-study by a narrative inquiry about my 'selves'. By talking with myself I wrote a narrative as a way to share an experience, to create an experience and as a way to understand what we live in this process of become a teacher during the Student Teaching Course / Doutorado / Ensino e Práticas Culturais / Doutor em Educação

Made available in DSpace on 2016-07-18T17:54:27Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 GESLAINE_DISSERTACAO.pdf: 5650240 bytes, checksum: a14ff5cb70e559c41e519ca6b11f67e3 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007-06-21 / The present study is associated to the Area of Concentration: Pedagogic Práxis and Educacional Environment Management, aiming the competent readers' formation through the teachers' Portuguese Language practice in groups of fifth series. The research developed in 2006, in one of the state schools, in the municipal district of Presidente Venceslau. It is a qualitative research, with the matter study plan, in which two Portuguese Language teachers of the morning and afternoon fifth grades groups took part, identified like teachers X and Y, respectively, and a readapted teacher acting at the library of the school, teacher Z. Besides those educational ones, seventy six students and their relatives took part in the research. For the data collection, took place the following: the analysis of the Manager 2002 Plan, a Political Pedagogic Project of the institution, Plans of the teachers' Teaching, diaries of classes registrations, questionnaires, semi-structured interviews with the teachers, students' activities registrations, observations of the school spaces and observations of the educational practice in classroom. The analysis of the registrations indicated that in spite of the teachers, in their educational practice they use diversified texts, they use reading strategies, they plan their actions and they establish objectives for the accomplished readings, it is necessary to rethink regarding to the refinement of their methodology. The acquired registrations reveal that the educators worry about the reader formation and the students' writer, however, in agreement with the support literature, they should improve their practice. We propose the refinement search through continuous study and the reflection about the strategies use of reading teaching and about the use of the texts in the perspective of textual genders in the classroom. We believe that following this way the educators can contribute, in a more effective way, in the formation of subjects more participants in the society, capable of recognize their social context and interact as agents transformers of their reality, as - really competent readers. / O presente estudo está associado à Área de Concentração: Práxis Pedagógicas e Gestão de Ambientes Educacionais, tendo como objetivo de investigação a formação de leitores competentes por intermédio da prática de professoras de Língua Portuguesa em turmas de 5ª série. A pesquisa desenvolveu-se durante o ano de 2006, em uma das escolas estaduais, no município de Presidente Venceslau. Trata-se de uma pesquisa qualitativa, com delineamento de estudo de caso, na qual participaram duas professoras de Língua Portuguesa das turmas de 5ª série da manhã e da tarde, identificadas como professoras X e Y, respectivamente, e uma professora readaptada que atua na biblioteca da escola, professora Z. Além dessas docentes, fizeram parte da pesquisa setenta e seis alunos e seus familiares. Para a coleta de dados, realizou-se a análise do Plano Gestor 2002, Projeto Político Pedagógica da instituição, Planos de Ensino das professoras, registros em diários de classes, questionários, entrevistas semi-estruturadas com as professoras, registros de atividades de alunos, observações dos espaços escolares e observações da prática docente em sala de aula. A análise dos registros indicou que, apesar das professoras, em sua prática docente, fazerem uso de textos diversificados, utilizarem estratégias de leitura, planejarem suas ações e estabelecerem objetivos para as leituras realizadas, é necessário um repensar com relação ao aprimoramento de sua metodologia. Os registros obtidos revelam que as educadoras preocupam-se com a formação leitora e escritora dos alunos, entretanto, de acordo com a literatura de apoio, devem aprimorar sua prática. Propomos o estudo contínuo e a reflexão sobre o uso das estratégias de ensino de leitura e sobre a utilização dos textos na perspectiva de gêneros textuais, em sala de aula. Acreditamos que dessa maneira as educadoras poderão contribuir, de forma mais efetiva, na formação de sujeitos mais participativos na sociedade, capazes de reconhecerem seu contexto social e de interagirem como agentes transformadores de sua realidade, como - leitores realmente competentes.

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