Brazilian and Portuguese teachers in an online group: narrative of training

• Grant number: 13/12954-9
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research
• Start date: February 01, 2014
• End date: January 31, 2015
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Education - Specific topics in Education
• Principal Investigator: Rosa Maria Moraes Anunciato de Oliveira
• Grantee: Rosa Maria Moraes Anunciato de Oliveira
• Host Investigator: Maria Alfredo Ferreira de Freitas Lopes Moreira
• Host Institution: Centro de Educação e Ciências Humanas (CECH). Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCAR). São Carlos , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: Universidade do Minho (UMinho), Portugal

Abstract

Having as theoretical and methodological frameworks references about teacher education and narrative of training presuppositions, we designed a research focusing on Brazilian and Portuguese teachers in an online collaborative group. The context of this research proposal will be an intervention in which the members participate in a university extension course and online training. The research will focus on professional development of teachers in a collaborative group. Through collaboration in online forums, writing and sharing of narratives it will be possible to investigate to which shifts their stories remit, trying to answer the following question: what are the implications for teacher professional development arising from participation in an online collaborative group? (AU)