O trabalho docente na produção acadêmica da educação física brasileira: um olhar para as teses e dissertações dos programas de pós-graduação em educação física

Abstract

This research is related to conceptions of teaching work in theses and dissertations of the Graduate Programs in Physical Education of Brazil, and is linked to the Study Group and Research Society, Culture and Human Formation, in the line of research Human Formation and Fundamentals of Education. The general objective of this research was to identify and analyze critically the characterization of the teaching work and its theoretical-philosophical foundations in the scientific production of the Postgraduate Programs in Physical Education of Brazil. The specific objectives were: a) to compile and record the theses and dissertations that deal with the teaching work in the Post-Graduation Programs in Physical Education; b) to investigate the scientific production in order to understand the interests of the authors; the topics and problems most treated, geographic and institutional linkage of the area, supervisors, time distribution and financing of this production and main contributions; c) identify and analyze the main reference standards of the authors that base the theoretical reference of the analyzed scientific production; d) to understand the delineations, the mediations and the contradictions that permeate the contemporary teaching work in the University, its articulation with the production of knowledge and the policies of Brazilian Post-Graduation; e) analyze the conception of teaching work in theses and dissertations its possible unfolding. The research problem was thus formulated: how is the teaching work characterized and the theoretical foundations that guide it in the scientific production of theses and dissertations of the Post-Graduation Programs in Physical Education of Brazil? The approach of the research is qualitative, having as methodological procedures the bibliographical/documentary analysis aiming at the identification and critical analysis of the scientific production of 6 theses and 19 dissertations that dealt with the theme of teaching work. From the analysis of the empirical data emerged two categories: the post-critical conceptions of teaching work and the critical conceptions of teaching work. It is concluded that with the rise of neoliberalism, with productive restructuring and with the so-called postmodern tendencies the epistemology of practice emerges in the context of teaching work, and this is manifested in the scientific production of Physical Education, with 19 investigations that are characterized from the movement of the "reflective teacher". On the other hand, there are 6 investigations supported by the critical conception of teaching work in which the development of praxis is sought as a transforming action, articulated to scientific knowledge, in order to consolidate and strengthen the historical sense of educational action.