The applications of self-confrontation in the study of teacher’s work

Abstract

This article is about the use of the methodological procedure called selfconfrontation by researchers from Applied Linguistics especially by the scholars from the research group Language Analysis, Educational Work and their relationships/ALTER, which developed its activities from 2003 to 2013, under the leadership of the professor Anna Rachel Machado from Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo/PUC-SP. The article shows a selfconfrontation, its origins, theoretical references, phases and movements that must be followed in the use of this procedure. Afterwards, the use of the selfconfrontation was examined and discussed through doctoral and masters’ theses produced by ALTER context. Finally, the limitations of the procedure application identified in the group researches and their meaning left to Applied Linguistic and the Work Sciences are presented, that has been served for the understanding of the teacher work and the expansion of the teachers acting power from different disciplines.

Keywords

• Metodologia de Pesquisa
• Linguística Aplicada
• Psicologia do Trabalho
• Clínica da Atividade
• Trabalho Docente