Dialogue circles: the perspective of emotions with teachers

Abstract

The Dialogue Circle is one of the models of the Peacemaking Circles methodology which, in recent years in Ceará state, started to aggregate a list of pedagogical strategies in public schools as a way to facilitate the collaborative dialogue about related themes. One realizes that, with a group of teachers, the Circle reflects various emotions, from bashfulness to fear of socializing what they are feeling. Thus, one wonders: how do teachers express themselves emotionally in the Dialogue Circles? This issue emerged in the Course for Facilitators in Peacemaking Circles for the teachers of the State Public School System in Fortaleza/CE, offered by the Ceará State Education Secretariat – SEDUC. This article aims to understand how these teachers feel in the Dialogue Circles from the perspective of the emotions experienced. It means to problematize emotions as an authentic and intrinsic aspect of teacher education in the field of conflict dialogue. For this purpose, the qualitative approach was chosen, with participant observation and the reflection on data from what was considered. The subjects are teachers from some state schools, situated in Fortaleza city, in Ceará state. The article focuses on a course for teachers about the Dialogue Circles as a theme and methodology. The perspective is not to provide conclusive results, but, by presenting an experience of teacher education in the resolution of school conflicts, to provoke discussions that go through the understanding of the existence of emotions and feelings.