Impacts of the Program PIBID in Teacher Training and Geographical Education, in Brazil

Abstract

This paper presents the impact of a policy to initiation to teaching on teacher training of geography, in Brazil. The Institutional Program of scholarships to Initiation to Teaching (PIBID), started in the mid-2000s, covers currently more than 90,000 students distributed among more than 300 projects developed in 05 regions of Brazil. The main goals of this program are to search the quality of teacher training, the integration of educational institutions, public schools of basic education and postgraduate programs and expand the production and dissemination of knowledge produced from the projects. Through some results with geography projects linked to this program we can list important aspects such as: the connection between theory and practice, respect for regional and local characteristics in the production of knowledge and the relationship between education, research and extension. These conclusions are the result of the PhD thesis developed by this author. The thesis is focused on the relationship between the university and the school in initial teacher training in Brazil and Portugal. The Pibid is one of the empirical and analytical elements of the research. Interviews, fieldwork and surveys are some of the data collection instruments. In addition to improving the initial training of teachers for basic education in Brazil, an important also achieved dimension is the induction to the continuing education of teachers who are in the work environment of professional practice and who have returned to university to reflect their practice.

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Impacts of the Program PIBID in Teacher Training and Geographical Education, in
Brazil
NASCIMENTO Maria Anezilany Gomes do
IGOT, University of Lisbon, Portugal, lananascimento@yahoo.com.br
Abstract
This paper presents the impact of a policy to initiation to teaching on teacher training of geography, in Brazil.
The Institutional Program of scholarships to Initiation to Teaching (PIBID), started in the mid-2000s, covers
currently more than 90,000 students distributed among more than 300 projects developed in 05 regions of
Brazil. The main goals of this program are to search the quality of teacher training, the integration of
educational institutions, public schools of basic education and post-graduate programs and expand the
production and dissemination of knowledge produced from the projects. Through some results with
geography projects linked to this program we can list important aspects such as: the connection between
theory and practice, respect for regional and local characteristics in the production of knowledge and the
relationship between education, research and extension. These conclusions are the result of the PhD thesis
developed by this author. The thesis is focused on the relationship between the university and the school in
initial teacher training in Brazil and Portugal. The Pibid is one of the empirical and analytical elements of the
research. Interviews, fieldwork and surveys are some of the data collection instruments. In addition to
improving the initial training of teachers for basic education in Brazil, an important also achieved dimension is
the induction to the continuing education of teachers who are in the work environment of professional
practice and who have returned to university to reflect their practice.
Key words:
teacher training; Pibid; geographical education; Brazil