Portuguese Language Teaching Research Articles

Depois dos PCNs: como anda nossa língua portuguesa no ensino médio

Portuguese Language teachers’ knowledge and application of the presuppositions in Secondary School National Curriculum Paradigms are provided. Research in nine state high schools in Maringá PR, Brazil forms the basis for our discussion on results dealing with the interface between pedagogical procedures employed by Portuguese Language teachers in high schools and the aims and suggestions given by SSNCP. Statements by teachers and survey of classroom procedures show that teachers try to discard traditional practices in reading, writing and linguistic analysis activities. However, they have difficulties in applying innovatory pedagogical procedures. Answers to the difficulties brought forth at the start of the research coupled to other observations on the problem are listed and discussed. Results have been positive since new possibilities in pedagogical practice were discussed. Moreover, the Language Department of State University of Maringá has been required to establish teacher-training courses involving new approaches on Portuguese Language teaching