Formação docente continuada : contribuições do curso de especialização em educação ambiental com ênfase em espaços educadores sustentáveis em Sergipe

Abstract

This research aimed to know the effectiveness of the lato sensu post-graduate course in Environmental Education (EE) with Emphasis on Sustainable Educator Spaces, offered by the Federal University of Sergipe to teachers of basic education constituents of the public or private network of Sergipe. Thus, we investigated the impacts on the continuing education of basic education teachers in Sergipe, observing which strategies of theoretical-practical continuing education were converted into inter and transdisciplinary teaching strategies contextualized with the school environment. The research was qualitative in nature, and was empirical, descriptive and documental. Therefore, for the production of data, the documentary analysis of the Course Political Project (PPC) and its regulations, the application of questionnaires using the Google Forms platform, and semi-structured interviews with the teachers who completed the course in question occurred progressively. The data produced in the research were triangulated and analyzed from a priori categories determined in light of the Textual Discourse Analysis (TDA). With this research it was possible to know the profile of teachers who sought to continue their education through the specialization in EE offered by UFS, we observed the effectiveness of the course, because teachers report the use of strategies of continuing education converting them into teaching practices contextualized with the school environment, but cases persist in which some of the postgraduates demonstrate not being able to adopt the critical perspective of EE in their classes.