A pesquisa nos cursos privados de licenciatura : tensões e disputas na formação de professores

Abstract

This study aims to identify the predominant epistemological assumptions that subsidize, and guide research activities present in Pedagogy Degree courses in the local private context. The following question was taken as a starting point: how do private for-profit higher education institutions in Baixada Santista express the presence of research as a curricular component in teacher training in their Course Pedagogical Projects? It consists of a documentary analysis study with a qualitative approach, of a basic nature and exploratory objective. In addition to the geographic delimitation, the publication between 2015 and 2018 and the faceto- face modality were listed as inclusion criteria for the documents of the institutions in the study. From this selection, three pedagogical course projects were collected to be analyzed from the respective categories: (i) research design; (ii) conception of pedagogue and (iii) research practice. The results point to the understanding of research conceived as a secondary, non-essential dimension of pedagogical practices, as a mere supporting element of the tripod “research, teaching and extension”, whose activities are diluted throughout the disciplines under the assumption that they are treated intrinsically.