Scenarios and processes of teacher socialization: a study with artistic gymnastics teachers

Abstract

Studies about personal and professional trajectories and the training of teachers/coaches are growing in the academic field. Thus, based on the anticipatory and professional socialization processes proposed by Dubar, we sought to understand how these processes of socialization of teachers/coaches happened, who work in the extra-class context of the sport Artistic Gymnastics (GA), in a city in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. Qualitative in nature, this case study used two instruments, a closed questionnaire, and a semi-structured interview. The results revealed that with regard to anticipatory socialization, the first approximations with Artistic Gymnastics and/or physical activities were beneficial and decisive for the formation of these subjects, since, for the teachers/coaches interviewed, the inherited identities were consolidated. As for professional socialization, it was evident that the knowledge involved in initial training and continuing training generated advances in daily practices with Artistic Gymnastics, also signaled the contribution between peers as an important source of learning.