RESEARCH-TRAINING IN THE MODERN SCHOOL MOVEMENT
Keywords:
teachers as researchers, research-training, communities of practice, Movement of the Modern School, teachers’ professional writing.Abstract
The study presented in this article aims to understand how the organization of a Researchtraining Project that emphasized professional writing, within an established community of practice, the Portuguese Movement of the Modern School, contributed to the professional development of six teachers from the 1st Cycle of Basic Education (CBE). Based on individual and Focus Group interviews, particularly focuses on, in the organizational process and in the investigative dimension of the Research-training Project, which took place over two years. The data suggest that this Project reflected the characteristics of researching about practice, highlighting its intentionality, systematic nature and public character, towards better practices, and the production and dissemination of knowledge. Thus, the findings show that the researchtraining project was a real experience of professional development for teachers.
