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Science and Mathematics teachers' continuing education: a curricular hypothesis

This paper describes the development and the analysis of a curricular proposal for basic educational level Science and Mathematics teachers' didactic-methodological conceptions evolution. This curricular proposal was carried out in the context of Pelotas Federal University' School of Education. Objectives, curricular structure, and teaching methodologies were guided by the DIE-IRES Group from the University of Sevilla, Spain, on-going teacher formation proposal, which has, as a desirable goal, the formation of an autonomous and investigative teacher in a process in which his/her didactic, methodological and disciplinary knowledge are considered essential for the complexification of his/her professional knowledge and his/her pedagogical practice.

Teaching of Science and Mathematics; Teachers' continuing education; Curriculum


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