Os Saberes da Docência: A Formação Tecnológica do Gastrólogo

The reflections introduced here assume that the needed teaching knowledge is related to the personal identity, life experiences and to the teacher’s formative and professional trajectories. Paying attention to the importance of teacher’s training as a permanent action, produced by professional commitment. The relevant teacher’s knowledge to the teaching practice of the professors at Technical Higher Education of Technology in Gastronomy at Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Santa Catarina was explored, analyzed and reflected, through a case study. The results allow to assert that, in the majority, the investigated subjects valorize the teacher’s professionalization process to be a teacher. They realize the need for permanent training, understanding the teaching knowledge relevance. They emphasize the importance of interdisciplinarity and the theoretical-practical relations established during the teaching action.