O SINTEP/MT como lócus de formação dos profissionais da educação da rede pública de Mato Grosso

Abstract

The present research is anchored in the field of training of education professionals and start from the following question: How have the activities developed by the Mato Grosso Public Teachers' Union - SINTEP / MT contributed to the training process of its members? The aim of this study is to understand how this formation develops and how affiliates perceive it. The research presented is justified, since the subject has social and political relevance, besides being little explored in the academic researches and because there are few publications in the area of education. The theoretical reference on formation is based on the epistemological perspective of critical pedagogy, having as main references the authors such as Paulo Freire (1979, 1987, 1996, 2000, 2001) and Henry Giroux (1997). As a method of analysis, we use the Policy Cycle proposed by sociologist Stephen J. Ball, who recommends the analysis of educational policies from contexts, recognizing that policies are built in enmeshed between them. Such a procedure allows the plurality of looks for the data. The methodological approach is qualitative, of bibliographical and documentary character, moreover, for the data collection process, semi-structured interviews have been also carried out. The interviews were conducted in SINTEP / MT activities in Cuiaba, Mato Grosso state, which occurred between June and September in the year 2018, being: the State Meeting and the Council of Representatives. For the data collection 15 interviews were carried out; and among the subjects interviewed there are: teachers, educational technical-administrative and administrative support technicians. The choice of these actors is related to the recurring participation in the activities of the last five years. They served as a basis for the analysis presented, the textbooks of seven congresses and three state meetings. As results, it is possible to emphasize that the research enabled us to understand that SINTEP / MT has contributed significantly to the formation of its affiliates and that this formation produces effects in their pedagogical practice. It is important to emphasize in the interviewees' talk about the relevance of participation in training activities that they contribute to the reflection about the world view and the way of insertion in it. In addition, the survey showed that SINTEP / MT has not only dealt with salary and career issues. The records show that the union has been concerned with a plurality of themes corresponding to the different themes of education.