Egressos do programa parfor e profissionais das escolas em que atuam : olhares acerca da qualidade da educação infantil

Abstract

It is set in a research project of Observatory of Education of Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Level Staff (OBEDUC/CAPES), focused on the implementation of the National Plan for the Training of Basic Education Teachers (Parfor). It focuses on graduates of a course of Education subsidized by the program in pre-school schools where they work, their fellow teachers and school managers. The research is part of the third phase of this project and aims to contribute to studies on the possibilities of training policy of consolidation in schools, focusing on teachers' knowledge, graduates, teachers and administrators from the same school units concerning the quality of early childhood education. This study intends to highlight convergences with the potential to maintain and strengthen the training declared by graduates as forged in the completed course. It is understood that the convergences constitute as links to promote their consolidation. The study is based on literature about education quality in schools with emphasis on early childhood education. It also highlights the training of teachers at school and their work conditions. The research adopts a data integration approach, meeting documents and testimony during the investigation: observation, questionnaire applied to 24 Parfor graduates, teachers and their managers and interview with the managers of two municipal preschools. The results call for more concerns that have become knowledgeable about school, childhood, early childhood education, quality and quality in early childhood education. It risks some thoughts to contribute to improving the quality of early childhood education offered by both schools maintained by the Government: engage Parfor graduates and teachers in administrative, educational and social aspects of school; encourage and invest in the training of professional management and teachers; ensure moments of collective training (attendants and teachers), with discussions related to childhood and human rights; closer relationship between attendant and teacher; and speed reforms and implementation of educational policies that stimulate and develop the professionals who work with children in early childhood education.