Dificuldades de professores estagiários de Matemática e sua relação com a formação inicial

Abstract

This paper intends to contribute to a reflection on pre-service education of mathematics teachers. We describe a study on the difficulties felt by trainee teachers and their relation to the previous education in a university course of mathematics teacher education. Five mathematics trainee teachers from secondary schools and their school supervisors participated in this qualitative study. These teachers undertook their pedagogical training in schools located in the area of Braga. The interview was used as main method of data collection.

In what results are concerned, it was verified that these difficulties originated mainly in their academic education (prior to the pedagogical training). It was mainly verified that trainee teachers have a negative idea of their academic education, which they regard as very theoretical, insufficient and in discrepancy with reality. Such results show the need to rethink the education of teachers, both on the academic and professional levels, including their professional training.