Os desafios de um professor em formação: As ressonâncias da cooperação numa escola de contexto TEIP

Abstract

This report was prepared within the scope of the Professional Internship course unit of the second cycle of studies in the Master's Degree in Physical Education Teaching in Basic and Secondary Education. The Professional Internship represents the culmination of the trainee student's academic training, providing their first contact with the challenges inherent to teaching practice in a real context. This report specifically refers to a supervised teaching practice carried out during the 2023/2024 academic year at Pêro Vaz de Caminha School, located in an economically and socially disadvantaged area of Porto, marked by poverty, school dropout, social exclusion, and indiscipline. Classified as a Priority Intervention Educational Territory school, this institution is targeted by positive discrimination policies, prioritizing actions aimed at combating school failure. The teaching practice provided me, as a trainee student, with a genuine immersion in Physical Education teaching, within the context of an internship group composed of four student-teachers and supervised by two qualified education professionals. Supervision was carried out by a cooperating teacher from the school and a faculty supervisor from the Faculty of Sport, University of Porto (FADEUP). This report reflects the experiences lived throughout the internship, focusing mainly on what was experienced and reflected upon during the teaching practice, with special attention to students' attitudes, behaviors, perceptions, and learning throughout the year. I aimed to highlight the most significant situations, the challenges faced, the lessons learned, and the strategies adopted, which contributed to my professional development. My goal was to create a learning environment where discipline, mutual respect, and inclusion were always present-a highly challenging and difficult goal to achieve given the students' characteristics.