Ação de professores em contexto de globalização: um estudo a partir do grupo de educação sócio-ambiental da Pampulha (Belo Horizonte, MG)

Abstract

The objective of this research is to identify, first, what perceptions teachers have from the worlds complexity and from the moment they live today; second, how teachers initiatives reflect these perceptions. Teachers narratives related to global context and environmental themes are used to identify teachers perceptions stimulated for the presence of other. Being with someone do teachers inform about your deeds and take on the protagonism of your actions. This investigation includes public school teachers that take part in an environmental education group, Grupo de Educação Sócio-ambiental da Pampulha, from Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil. The theoretical framework is based on: Hannah Arendts political philosophy; globalizations studies from political sociology; researchs investigations about groups from social psicology; and research about narratives from cognitive psicology. Data was collected from: groups monthly meetings audio records, done during the year of 2007; groups documents produced between the years of 2006 and 2007; and interviews. Researchs results are presented through an analytical description, which is based on: teachers narratives about your initiatives, experiences, conflict and dilemmas; and explanations, motivations and intentions that appear from those teachers narratives. We conclude with this research that articulations processes and actions processes promoted for the group show that teachers interactions gives them opportunity to work with another reasoning applied to educational processes a practical reasoning, that takes part in a practical view of education. Finally, we conclude that teachers initiatives have more potential for broaden their worlds perception and perception of the moment they live today if these initiatives are part of something socially relevant, about what teachers feel really motivated like social changes..