RAINING PATHS AND HIGHER EDUCATION: EXPERIENCE REPORTS FROM THE UFPI GEOGRAPHY GRADUATE PROGRAM

Abstract

Throughout the twentieth century, there were several transformations in Brazilian universities, due to the expansion of academic activities such as linking research to the criteria of admission, ascension and professional stability, contributing to the increase of competitiveness in the academic environment. This article aimed to analyze the process of graduation of graduates of the Graduate Program in Geography - PPGGEO of the Federal University of Piauí - UFPI, highlighting the possible challenges and / or difficulties of learning to teach in higher education. The specific objectives were: to analyze the contributions of the disciplines offered by the UFPI Geography Graduate Program to higher education teaching; interview the graduates of the Graduate Programs in Geography at UFPI; propose didactic-methodological suggestions that contribute to a better preparation and performance of the teachers in the Graduate Program in Geography. In order to achieve the objectives will be addressed topics such as: initial and continuing education, teaching in higher education, didactic-methodological procedures. For both bibliographic research in books and periodicals as well as the use of a qualitative approach were of great importance. The field research was conducted with 4 teachers, graduates, where we sought to collect data through the interview technique. The results of the research will contribute to warm the debate about the current models of initial and continuous teacher education, suggesting some possibilities and ways to follow for and improvement of its teacher formation and performance, besides emphasizing the importance of the adequacy of the teaching profession for academic reality of the current.