Resumen

COIMBRA, Maria de Nazaré Castro Trigo; MARQUES, Anabela Teixeira  y  MARTINS, Alcina Manuela de Oliveira. Formation and supervision: what instigates teachers?. Rev. Lusófona de Educação [online]. 2012, n.20, pp.31-46. ISSN 1645-7250.

The goal of this study is to try to recognize the characteristics of teachers that attend a Master Course in Sciences of Education, in Supervision. It is important to determine the profile of those teachers, determine their perceptions on supervision, verify what motivates them to invest in continuous learning and in their professional development, and what their interests are when beginning a second cycle of studies. In the context of specialized formation, a case study in a Portuguese University was materialized by applying mixed methodology, both qualitative and quantitative. The results show that the teachers who are the most motivated, convinced of the need of their work, seek, by taking up a second cycle of studies in Higher Education, a journey of personal and professional development. They are interested in the improvement of the praxis in connection with theoretical inputs, through a structured reflexion, scientific-pedagogical update, investigation in action and a consequent improvement of practices. The study highlights the imperative of teacher's continuous formation for a formative and democratic supervision, as a factor of change in the learning process and of the school as supervising learning community.

Palabras clave : higher education; masters in supervision; motivation; identity; professional development.

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