A percepção dos professores de Sociologia do município de Uberaba, MG sobre sua prática docente

Abstract

This research was developed as part of the Master Course in Education, in the Post Graduate Program in Education of UFTM linked to the research line of Fundamentals and Educational Practices. It has the intent to analyze the perception Sociology teachers in the public state school system in Uberaba-MG town, about the teaching of Sociology in the secondary school and, particularly about their teaching practice as teachers of Sociology. They carried out a literary review about the journey of the Sociology Teaching in Brazil in a brief and systemic way, as well as its journey in Uberaba-MG town. To reach the proposed objective, this research is grounded in the principles of the qualitative research through exploratory approach using quizzes and semi-structured interviews. The data gathering was perfomed in 2019, through quizzes to 28 Sociology teachers who teach in the state educational network and afterwards five (5) individual semi-structured and sound recording interviews with the most experienced teachers in the area. To analyze the data was used the Content Analysis Technique based on Bardin (2016). The investigation results point to the following questions: The teachers participating in the research belong, in the majority, to female sex, age group between 25 and 38 years with more than six years of teaching experience; 96% have a degree in Social Sciences and they are characterized as autonomous and creative professionals in their teaching practice. From the bibliographic review and analysis of empirical date we conclude that the consolidation of Sociology as a school subject is still under construction as well as the “how to do”, the teaching, the resumé and the teacher image itself.