Author(s):
Faca, Maria Madalena Baía Justo Sousa 
Date: 2006
Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/425
Origin: Sapientia - Universidade do Algarve
Subject(s): Teses; Adultos; Ensino recorrente; Professores; Desenvolvimento pessoal; Desenvolvimento profissional; Ensino recorrente
Description
Dissertação mest., Ciências da Educação, Universidade do Algarve, 2006 In the field of Adult Education, Recurring Teaching is one of the available offers
in which the former can take place, being, mainly, in accordance with the Lei de
Bases do Sistema Educativo, a second chance opportunity for education offered to
those who did not take advantage of it at the right age range or dropped out of
school. At the First Cycle of education level, Recurring Teaching encompasses the
first four years of school and seeks to ensure to all citizens the right to education, as
defined by the Constitution of the Portuguese Republic.
This investigation, using strategies of a qualitative nature, sought to identify the
main traits of the teachers currently practicing the First Cycle of Recurring Teaching,
and from those, extrapolate the profile of these professionals.
The subjects of this study are ten teachers, who, during the school year of 2003-
2004, practiced this kind of teaching in the Olhão County.
Data was collected through semi-structured interviews, which were done to the
subjects, as well as, for effects of contrasting, to the County Coordinator for
Recurring Teaching.
The interpretative analysis of data showed that, regardless of work experience,
training for teaching practice and all the difficulties with which the interviewees
were faced, being a teacher of the First Cycle of Recurring Teaching is an extremely
rewarding and enriching activity, both in the personal and professional aspects, one
in which the interpersonal human relationships take a very relevant meaning, with
the creation of bonds between teacher and students that goes well beyond the
pedagogical relationship itself.
From this study comes, also, the need for having specific training given to future
teachers who will work with an adult audience.
