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| Author(s): |
Janine Schultz Enge
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | São Paulo. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Educação (FE/SBD) |
| Defense date: | 2004-02-27 |
| Examining board members: |
Belmira Amelia de Barros Oliveira Bueno;
Bernadete Angelina Gatti;
Romualdo Luiz Portela de Oliveira
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| Advisor: | Belmira Amelia de Barros Oliveira Bueno |
| Abstract | |
This work is an exploratory case study and has as its focus the transition period between the graduation and the labor market debut of a group of former students from the teachers formation course in the University of São Paulo graduated between 1994 and 1995. The investigations objective was to analyze the initial professionalization period and to examine to what extent the graduates can choose between being teachers or quitting the profession, and to bring in elements that allow a better understanding of the teaching activity and its professionals nowadays. The data was collected by means of two instruments: a) questionnaires answered by all the graduates that could be contacted, which made possible the construction of the groups profile, and b) semi-structured interviews with 14 of the graduates. Pierre Bourdieus sociological theory helped the interpretations concerning the way by which choices are processed, being a central reference to this work. The analysis reveal that, differently from what could be supposed, the option for a given college study does not correspond to a professional choice, but is the outcome of a continuous and complex process that involves a number of factors, such as the affinity with a given area, the influence of the social environment and financial restrictions. The social value attributed to a college degree, specially when a renowned institution such as the University of São Paulo is concerned, makes people consider that degree as a safeguard against the unemployment that haunts the contemporary western societies. The investigation also shows that although the orientation towards the teachers formation courses is frequently not the result of an interest in the practice of the profession, teaching represents a concrete possibility of professional insertion, even before the attainment of the degree, due to the lack of teachers, specially in public schooling system. The labor market also plays an important role in the construction of careers related to other professional activities, the opportunities found being decisive for the graduates individual trajectories. (AU) | |