The social representation of continuing education for Physical Education teachers of the State of the Espirito Santo

Abstract

The main purpose of this text is to present the initial results of an investigation that aimed at understanding the social representation of the Physical Education teachers belonging to State School System in the State of Espírito Santo regarding its continuing formation. To do so, the great theory of Social Representations was chosen, especially due to the importance it attributes to the common sense, which is considered one of the central notions for the concept of social representation. Opting for the Structural Approach, which corresponds to one of the three chains that compose such theory, it raises hypothesis about the social representation of continuing formation, dealing with its internal organization and cognitive dimension. It indicated for the occurrence of a current phenomenon that has been displacing the central nucleus of social representation of the learning continuing formation to the qualification, making the search for qualification regarding continuing formation as an individual attribute with sole and exclusive Teacher's responsibility.