Book Review: “O estágio profissional na (re)construção da identidade profissional em Educação Física”

Abstract

The review presents the book named “O estágio profissional na (re) construção da identidade profissional em Educação Física” wrote by Paula Batista, Amândio Graça and Paula Queirós. The book describes some alternatives to the model of initial formation in Physical Education Teaching Degree, which value the teacher professional identity and the role of the internship in this process. Different texts of the book show studies that point out the necessity of approximation between the universities and schools. Moreover, the need to valorize the experience of the cooperating teachers (who works at school and helps the trainee students), appropriating the concept of community of practice. In addition, the book underlines de importance of university teachers in the internship process. So that, the students could build their professional identity since their initial formation and by this way strengthen the legitimacy of the teacher profession in Physical Education.