ENTRE A INVESTIGAÇÃO-AÇÃO, A SUPERVISÃO E A REFLEXÃO NA FORMAÇÃO INICIAL DE EDUCADORES DE INFÂNCIA NO PORTUGAL DE HOJE

Abstract

This article aims to discuss the initial training of children educators under the current legislation in Portugal. Above all, it intends to focus on internship processes and how they unfold by questioning research action as a model and supervisory practices from a critical questioning perspective. The authors build on their experience and reflection as trainers and supervisors of initial training in a Higher Education Institution in Portugal and combine in their reflective exercise a review of the specialized bibliography, which includes results of studies they developed and whose main objective was to listen to the voices of students about internship processes, whether in day care or kindergartens that serve children until they enter school. From the literature review, their experiences and revisiting the voices of the students involved in two studies, they point out the main trends observed: the importance of communication channels between the training institution and the internship places; the importance and aspects to be taken into account during the internship / research action and the importance of a supervision that streamlines the critical thinking of trainees.