Perfil dos tutores do curso de formação pedagógica em educação profissional na área da saúde: enfermagem, modalidade EAD

Abstract

The teachers´ profile are generally newly graduates who see the practice of teaching the opportunity for their first employment or supplement to the family income, resulting in lack of quality and preparation of teachers, compromising, therefore, in the process of teaching and learning. The distance courses have being disseminated in a professional means, making possible the individuals capacitating, letting the labor market becoming more and more selective. In this context, teachers acquire a new function and denomination: teaching at a distance by other forms of contact, now being called as tutors. So see how these tutors are prepared to form other professionals is necessary, especially when it comes to the tutors of a course supported in the purpose of the transformation of pedagogical practice in semi-attendance modality. Another factor that motivated this study was the scarcity of publications in the secondary bases. The objective of this study was to analyze the profile of the tutors of teacher training course of professional education in Health area: Nursing, in manner of distance education, the School of Nursing, Federal University of Minas Gerais - UFMG, group 2010. This is a descriptive, qualitative, cross-delineation study. The population is composed of 08 attendance tutors and 08 teachers tutors of CEFPEPE of the group of 2010. It´s included in the study all those who are part of the framework of tutors in distance education modality EAD. It was used for data collection a self-applicable instrument consists of 23 multiple choice questions. The results were entered into a Microsoft Excel@ spreadsheet and analyzed software SPSS version 17.0. It was verified that the vast majority (93.75%) are women over 50 years old (43.75%), Catholic (56.25%), married (56.25%), with a wage income over six minimum wages (81.25%). They have their own home (81.25%) and they have the most current and modern means of communication in their residences (mobile phone, computer, internet, television). Most of them (62.50%) are graduated of public colleges and experts (81.25%). The majority (87.50%) also affirmed to know the modality of distance education and they have received adequate training to carry out the function of tutoring in this course (93.75%). It was reported that the training in EAD was sufficient (68.75%), the educational material provided was compatible with the goals and objectives of the course (62.50%) and with the modality EAD (62.50%). All agreed that this type of education modality is consistent with the proposed of the course. It was affirmed that the phone (93.75%) and email / internet (93.75%) are most commonly used to maintain this contact and that the means of communication do not offer difficulties for tutors. It was reported that they have used the phone clerk of the course and the poles (56.25%) to get in touch with students and that the email / internet (37.50%) are both used at home and at the pole. The answers to the questioning of the students are given on the following day at the most (25.00%), which proves that the commitment of the tutors with students and the institution to achieve the success despite of many barriers. However, it was noticed the necessity to know the pedagogical practices and know how to apply them in practice teaching for the process of knowledge construction be valid and pleasurable. The responsibility of the distance learning courses tutor is very important because it is from the commitment and dedication of the tutor that the student success is obtained.