Construção da identidade profissional e socialização no espaço escolar

Abstract

The current study linked to the Univerdidade do Oeste Paulista de Presidente Prudente-SP master degree in education, in the research field Pedagogical Training and Practice of the graduated teacher - is about a qualitative research (case study) which aims to investigate the socialization of the teacher in the school environment to understand how they acquire, modify, and reconstruct knowledge, skills, beliefs, attitudes and professional identity in the context of professional practice. The research field was a state school in the city of Tupã-SP and the study subjects were the school teachers and their managers. A questionnaire, interview, observation and a focus group were used as data collection procedures. The theoretical basis is made of, in special, papers presented in the socialization area, professional identity, social climate and teacher action. To analyze the data the "content analysis" model indicated by Laurence Bardin was used. The data was organized into four categoires. Perception and characterization of the moments of socialization of the teachers in the school environment; Characterization of teachers professional identity of the school; Identification of the social climate and culture in the school; And the evaluation by the teachers and managers between the reflexive thinking and teacher action. Such investigations have had as results the importance of considering the school environment as a relevant space for the professional socialization and for the confirmation that socialization and the formation of identities are inextricably linked by the feeling of belonging of the group. It was possible to conclude that the socialization of the teacher in the school environment does influences the construction process of the professional identity recognition and of the teacher s practice.