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THE IMPORTANCE OF SOCIAL STUDIES OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN THE TRAINING OF PROEJA TEACHERS

Domingos Leite Lima Filho and Neura Maria Weber Maron, Federal Technological University of Paraná (UTFPR/Brazil), Brazil

The initial and continuing training of teachers for the education of young and adult workers is a central theme of public policy. What are the skills necessary for professional teaching practice in a world of constantly changing science and technology? This work presents initially the description of the integrated professional education in high school, a policy introduced in 2006 by the Brazilian Education Ministry in order to encourage the return of young and adult people who have not finished this level of education at the expected age. Emphasizing the political and pedagogical challenges for the construction of this state policy, we have reviewed some aspects of its principles and policies, particularly emphasizing how the proposal of the integration presents itself in the ruling documents of the Education Ministry (MEC) which establish the “Programme of Integration of the Basic Education with the Professional Education in the Young and Adult Modality” (PROEJA). This program proposes the technical training of young workers and adults based on the integration of work, science, technology, humanism and general culture, understanding that in the world of labor and everyday life of people these dimensions are inseparable. By understanding that this option considers the curriculum focus of the Social Studies of Science and Technology (SSTS), this paper analyses the importance of design in the formation of SSTS to PROEJA teachers. Through using methodological procedure document analysis - taking as a theoretical basis contributions of authors in the field of SSTS to the demystification of science and technology – the study design verified the presence of SSTS and its importance in guiding documents of the concepts and training of PROEJA teachers of this programme.
 

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