Physical education teachers' continuing education narratives

This study investigates continuing education in Physical Education using as its source the (auto)biographical narratives of 14 Physical Education teachers who work in Basic Education in three municipalities in Greater Vitória/ES. It is characterised as a study of (auto)biographical narratives using as sources: questionnaires focus groups interviews conversation circles and participant observation recorded in a field diary. The study is structured in three linked chapters. In the first we analyse the meanings that teachers attribute to continuing training. The second analyses the productive consumption that teachers produce in and from training contexts. With the aim of bringing the university closer to basic education and signalling possibilities for policies on the subject in the third chapter we analyse the training carried out at the Physical Education Centre (CEFD) of the Federal University of Espírito Santo.