Gambiarras e inventividades no cotidiano docente

Abstract

This research investigated the pathways of inventiveness and "gambiarras" (makeshift, improvised solutions) developed by basic education teachers in their daily routines. Focusing on the inventive dimension of teaching, and aligned with a cartographic perspective of monitoring and analyzing processes in real-time as they unfold, the methodology supporting this investigation was a blend of participant observation of the daily life of a Sociology teacher in the State Public Network, interviews with a supervisor, also from the State Public Network, and analyses of my own practices as a basic education teacher. Thus, the questions "How to highlight and sensitize teachers to the inventive dimension of teaching?" and "How to cultivate a 'gambiological' sensibility in teaching practice?" led to the realization that inventiveness is more present than admitted in these daily routines. Furthermore, by deviating from top-down legalities, "gambiarras" are constitutive of the deviations, whether major or minor, that enable an education eager to assert itself.