Building the Teaching Profession

Situated in the field of teacher training specifically with regard to the theme of teaching professionalism focusing on teaching in Higher Education (ES) this study aims to characterize elements that contributed to the process of building the teaching professionalism of professionals linked as Substitute Professor (PS) at UFPE. For this purpose it takes as a reference studies that focus on professionalism in general among others Barisi (1982) Dubar (1987) and Braem (2000); on teaching professionalism in particular for example: Hoyle (1980) Demailly (1987) Contreras (2002) and Roldão (2005); studies in the field of University Pedagogy.