Life stories called to the training processes of a rural school teacher from the Restinga Sêca/RS

Abstract

This article is about a dissertation from a Master's Dissertation in Education by the Federal University of Santa Maria/UFSM and arises from the interest in researching as the life story of a literacy teacher, who works in a school in the countryside of the municipality of Restinga Sêca/RS, is related to his formative processes as a teacher. It seeks to bring the literacy teacher closer to her memories of personal and professional life trajectories. The research is qualitative according to studies of Bogdan and Biklen (1994), using the methodology of life history. The instruments that were part of the data collection are the semi-structured oral and written interview, field diary records and the autobiographical accounts. Among the authors who made the theoretical contribution in this work are: Arroyo (2004), Bosi (1999), Caldart (2004), Freire (1996), Nóvoa (1988), Tardif 2002), Souza (2006), and others who collaborate for studies on teacher education, life histories and rural education. Concluding this work, it is possible to give visibility and possibility to this teacher who works in rural areas, to revisit her training processes and to feel valued before the work she does.

Keywords

• Teacher Training
• Rural Education
• Life Stories
• Formative Processes