Formação continuada de professores de sociologia: uma análise a partir de um curso de extensão universitária

Abstract

The present work analyzes the Extension Course of Continuing Education for High School Sociology Teachers, offered by the Institute of Social Sciences of the Federal University of Alagoas - UFAL, in partnership with the State Department of Education of Alagoas – SEDUC – AL. We start from the mandatory teaching of school sociology through Law 11.684 / 08, which also brought challenges towards the training of teachers in Social Sciences / Sociology, since, according to data provided by INEP in 2017, 85.3% of teachers in sociology in Brazil are not trained in the area. Also according to this research institute, in 2016, 83.3% of the sociology professors' chairs in Alagoas were occupied by teachers without training in the area of Social Sciences. Given the above, the analysis in question aims to understand the importance of continuing teacher training for sociology teachers in basic education, more specifically the process of implementation, development and results of the aforementioned course that constitutes our empirical object of study, especially its contribution to the training of Sociology teachers in the public education system of Alagoas.