CONTINUING TRAINING OF TEACHERS OF THE FINAL YEARS OF BASIC EDUCATION: EDUCATIONAL NEEDS ; LA FORMACIÓN CONTINUA DE LOS PROFESORES DE LOS AÑOS FINALES DE LA ENSEÑANZA FUNDAMENTAL: NECESIDADES FORMATIVA ; FORMAÇÃO CONTINUADA DOS PROFESSORES DOS ANOS FINAIS DO ENSINO FUNDAMENTAL: NECESSIDADES FORMATIVAS

This article represents a survey on teachers’ professional development and the contributions of continuing education, which was carried out with teachers in the final years of elementary school. It focuses on discussions on continuing education as one of the strands (though not the only one) for professional development, and its objective was to find out the teachers’ of teachers in relation to continuing education. The approach that supported the data analysis of this research is qualitative, using a questionnaire as the data collection tool. For the analysis and discussion of the data, it used mainly the theoretical contributions of Marcelo Garcia (1999, 2009), Formosinho (2009), Cochran - Smith & Lytle and Imbernon (2004, 2010). The data obtained from the teachers constitute the category that will be presented and discussed in this work: training needs of teachers in the final year of elementary school. The results pointed to the need for planning and development of shared actions of continuing education, and the development of training activities in networking or learning communities. The data also led to some proposals for improving the continuing education of teachers in the final years. ; Este artículo corresponde a una investigación sobre el desarrollo profesional docente y las contribuciones de la formación continua, llevada a cabo con profesores de los años finales de la Enseñanza Fundamental. Trata de debates sobre la formación continua como una de las vertientes (y no la única) para el desarrollo profesional, y tuvo como objetivo conocer las necesidades de los profesores en relación a la formación continua. El abordaje que dio las bases al análisis de los datos de esta investigación es cualitativo, utilizando el cuestionario como instrumento para la recolección de datos. Para el análisis y la discusión de los datos se contó, principalmente, con las contribuciones teóricas de Marcelo Garcia (1999; 2009), Formosinho (2009), Cochran-Smith & Lytlee Imbernón (2004, 2010). Los datos obtenidos con ...